ὑπόχαλκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[containing a mixture of copper]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>415b</span>; κανοῦν χρυσοῦν ὑπόχαλκον [[bronze gilt]], IG22.1407.21; <b class="b3">ὑπόχαλκον δέ σου τὸ χρυσίον</b> <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span> (?) ap.Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ὑπόχαλκον]]: metaph., Plu.2.1b, 65a: cf. [[ὑπάργυρος]], etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[sounding like copper]], ὑ. ἠχὼ φέρειν <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[of a copper colour]], <b class="b3">ζῷον ὑπόχαλκον τὴν μορφήν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' the [[οἶστρος]] or [[μύωψ]]) Sch.<span class="bibl">Od.22.299</span>.</span>