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Latin
Etymology
From orichalcum + -us.
Pronunciation
Adjective
orichalcus (feminine orichalca, neuter orichalcum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) made of orichalcum; made of brass (brazen)
c. 45 CE – 96 CE,
Statius,
Thebaid 10.660, (dactylic hexameter):
- Sphinx galeae custos, uisoque animata cruore / emicat effigies et sparsa orichalca renident.
1690, Giovanni Giustino Ciampini,
Vetera monimenta in quibus praecipua . . . musiva opera . . . illustrantur 41:
- Sententiam confirmo meam ex cap. 3. eiusdem libri, vbi de rebus argenteis, aureis, atque orichalcis, quae adhuc sunt in eadem Basilica
- (taxonomy) brassy or golden; having a metallic brownish or dark yellow color; orichalceous
1846,
Camille Montagne,
Exploration Scientifique De L'Algérie Pendant Les Années 1840, 1841, 1842 1.page 213:
- Myriangium Duriaei Montag. et Berk Apothecia quam plurima thallum obtegentia, tuberculiformia; tubercula initio capitibus harum spinularum orichalcarum vernacule camions dictarum haud absimilia, disco subimmarginato fusco-pulverulento.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms