orichalcus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From orichalcum + -us.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.riˈkʰal.kus/, [ɔrɪˈkʰäɫ̪kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.riˈkal.kus/, [oriˈkälkus]
Adjective[edit]
orichalcus (feminine orichalca, neuter orichalcum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) made of orichalcum; made of brass (brazen)
- 1690, Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, Vetera monimenta in quibus praecipua . . . musiva opera . . . illustrantur 41:
- Sententiam confirmo meam ex cap. 3. eiusdem libri, vbi de rebus argenteis, aureis, atque orichalcis, quae adhuc sunt in eadem Basilica
- (taxonomy) brassy or golden; having a metallic brownish or dark yellow color; orichalceous
- 1846, Camille Montagne, Exploration Scientifique De L'Algérie Pendant Les Années 1840, 1841, 1842 1.page 213:
- Myriangium Duriaei Montag. et Berk [...] Apothecia quam plurima thallum obtegentia, tuberculiformia; tubercula initio capitibus harum spinularum orichalcarum vernacule camions dictarum haud absimilia, disco subimmarginato fusco-pulverulento.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | orichalcus | orichalca | orichalcum | orichalcī | orichalcae | orichalca | |
| Genitive | orichalcī | orichalcae | orichalcī | orichalcōrum | orichalcārum | orichalcōrum | |
| Dative | orichalcō | orichalcō | orichalcīs | ||||
| Accusative | orichalcum | orichalcam | orichalcum | orichalcōs | orichalcās | orichalca | |
| Ablative | orichalcō | orichalcā | orichalcō | orichalcīs | |||
| Vocative | orichalce | orichalca | orichalcum | orichalcī | orichalcae | orichalca | |