orichalcum

American  

[awr-i-kal-kuhm] / ˌɔr ɪˈkæl kəm /

noun

1. a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.

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Etymology

Origin of orichalcum

1640–50; < Latin < Greek oreíchalkos literally, mountain-copper, equivalent to orei-, combining form of óros mountain + chalkós copper

Example Sentences

In the interior of the temple the roof was of ivory, adorned everywhere with gold and silver and orichalcum; all the other parts of the walls and pillars and floor they lined with orichalcum.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius

Himself the shining corselet, stiff with gold And orichalcum, on his shoulders laid.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

The roof was of ivory, adorned with gold and silver and orichalcum, and the rest of the interior was lined with orichalcum.

From Critias by Jowett, Benjamin

These were inscribed by the first then on a column of orichalcum, which was situated in the middle of the island, at the Temple of Poseidon, whither the people were gathered together.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius

In the interior of the temple the roof was of ivory, curiously wrought everywhere with gold and silver and orichalcum; and all the other parts, the walls and pillars and floor, they coated with orichalcum.

From Critias by Jowett, Benjamin