English Explanatory Dictionary

orichalcum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance.

Pronunciation

/ɒɹɪˈkælkəm/

Word forms

orichalcum aurichalchum aurichalcum orichalc orichalch orichalchum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orichalcum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρείχαλκος (oreíkhalkos), from dative singular of ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”).

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