brazen bull

English

Perillos being forced into the brazen bull that he built for Phalaris

Noun

brazen bull (plural brazen bulls)

An ancient torture device, supposed to have been devised by Perillos of Athens, consisting of a hollow bull fashioned from brass in which victims were imprisoned and burned to death.
Synonyms: bronze bull, Sicilian bull

Translations

ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death

Arabic: ثَوْر بْرُونْزِيّ m (ṯawr brūnziyy)
Egyptian Arabic: تور نحاسى m (ṭoor nuḥaasi), تور برونزى m (ṭoor broonzi), تور سيسيلى m (ṭoor sisili)
Danish: messingoksen c
Dutch: messingen stier m
Finnish: kuparisonni
French: taureau d’airain m, taureau de Phalaris m
German: sizilianischer Bulle m
Hebrew: שׁוֹר הַפְּלִיז m (shor ha-pliz), שׁוֹר סִיצִילְיָאנִי m (shor sitzilyáni)
Italian: toro di Falaride m
Japanese: ファラリスの雄牛 (ファラリスのおうし, Fararisu no ōshi)
Korean: 놋쇠 황소 (notsoe hwangso)
Macedonian: бронзен бик m (bronzen bik), сицилиски бик m (siciliski bik)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: messingoksen m, kobberoksen m, Falaris' okse m
Persian: گاو برنزی (gâv bronzi), گاو برنجی (gâv berenji), گاو سیسیلیایی (gâv sisilyâyi)
Polish: byk z brązu m, byk Falarisa m, byk sycylijski m, byk spiżowy m
Portuguese: touro de bronze m, touro de Fálaris m, touro siciliano m
Russian: бык Фала́рида m (byk Falárida), бык Фала́риса m (byk Falárisa), ме́дный бык m (médnyj byk), сицили́йский бык m (sicilíjskij byk)
Spanish: toro de Falaris m
Swedish: mässingstjuren c
Thai: โคสัมฤทธิ์ (koo sǎm-rít), โคทองเหลือง (koo tɔɔng-lʉ̌ʉang), โคซีชีเลีย (koo Sii-chii-liia)
Turkish: pirinç boğa, Sicilya boğa, bronz boğa
Ukrainian: бик Фала́рида m (byk Faláryda), мі́дний бик m (mídnyj byk), перга́мський мі́дний бик m (perhámsʹkyj mídnyj byk), сицилі́йський бик m (sycylíjsʹkyj byk)
Vietnamese: con bò bằng đồng, con bò đồng, con bò Sicilia

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