ŏrĭchalcum (also erroneously written — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

ŏrĭchalcum (also erroneously written aurĭchalcum, as if from aurum), i, n., = ὀρείχαλκος, yellow copper ore, also the brass made from it. Lit., Cic. Off. 3, 23, 92; Hor. A. P. 202: album, Verg. A. 12, 87.—It was highly prized by the ancients, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 46; id. Mil. 3, 1, 61; id. Ps. 2, 3, 22; cf. Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 4 (al. aurichalci). — Transf., of brass implements.—So of a brazen tuba, Val. Fl. 3, 61.—Of arms of brass, Stat. Th. 10, 660.

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ŏrĭchalcum (also erroneously written

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ŏrĭchalcum (also erroneously written

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orichalcum (also erroneously written

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orichalcum

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