ὀρείχαλκος

ὀρεί-χαλκος, ὁ,

• Lat. orichalcum (which by a false etym. was freq. written aurichalcum), mountain-copper, i.e. yellow copper ore, copper or brass made from it, h.Hom. 6.9, Hes. Sc. 122, Stesich. 88, Ibyc. Oxy. 1790.42, B. Fr. 68 Bgk., Pl. Criti. 114e, Arist. APo. 92b22, Mir. 834b25, Philostr. VA 2.7, 20; a mirror of it, Call. Lav.Pall. 19; described by Theopomp. Hist. 109 as a mixture of ψευδάργυρος and χαλκός.
• • II as Adj., = foreg., Suid.

ὀρείχαλκος, ὁ, das lat. orichalcum oder aurichalcum, ein natürliches Erz u. daraus bereiteter Messing ; H. h. 5.9 ; Beinschienen sind daraus gemacht Hes. Sc. 122 ; τὸ γένος ἐκ τῆς γῆς ὀρυττόμενον ὀρειχάλκου, Plat. Critia. 114e, vulg. ὀρείχαλκον ; das künstlich gefertigte Messing, Sp. – Adjektivisch, von Messing, Suid.

ὀρείχαλκος ὀρεί-χαλκος, ὁ,

• Lat. orichalcum, mountain-copper, i. e. copper ore, or copper made from it, Hes., Plat.