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ŏrĭchalcum | aurĭchalcum (noun N) = ὀρείχαλκος: (also erroneously written , as if from aurum)
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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