orichalcus

• aurichalcus

From orichalcum +‎ -us.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o.riˈkʰal.kus/, [ɔrɪˈkʰäɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.riˈkal.kus/, [oriˈkälkus]

orichalcus (feminine orichalca, neuter orichalcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) made of orichalcum; made of brass (brazen)
   • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Thebaid 10.660, (dactylic hexameter):

     Sphinx galeae custos, uisoque animata cruore / emicat effigies et sparsa orichalca renident.

   • 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

2. (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.

First/second-declension adjective.

• Agestrata orichalca