orichalcumn.

Brit.

/ˈɒrᵻkalkəm/, U.S.

/ˈɔrəˌkælk(ə)m/

Forms: 1600s orichalchum, 1600s 1800s– aurichalcum, 1700s– orichalcum.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orīchalcum.

Etymology: < classical Latin orīchalcum < ancient Greek ὀρείχαλκος , literally ‘mountain-copper’, applied to a yellow copper ore or brass < ὄρει , dative singular of ὄρος mountain (see oro- comb. form¹) + χαλκός copper (see chalco- comb. form). In post-classical Latin (from 4th cent.) re-formed as aurichalcum , after classical Latin aurum gold, as if ‘golden copper’. Compare earlier orichalc n.For earlier use of post-classical Latin aurichalcum in an English context compare the following:OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 31 Aurum, gold, argentum, seolfor, auricalcum, goldmæstlingc, stagnum tin.OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 33 Auricalcum, aes et stagnum : mæstlingc, ær & tin. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 196 Latone hat Auricalcum..for þogh it be bras of messelyng, it shineþ as golde.?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 71 Latvne, Auricalcum.

A yellow metal prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans, perhaps a naturally occurring alloy of copper and gold.Applied by Strabo to brass, though some Greek writers treated ὀρείχαλκος as a fabulous metal. In the Middle Ages the metal is often referred to as a very precious substance known only by repute.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other copper alloys

tombac1602

blanched copper1621

orichalcum1646

cock metal1766

gold bronze1785

bidri1794

tumbaga1860

Aich's metal1861

sterro-metal1865

talmi1868

Abyssinian gold1869

delta-metal1883

Tobin bronze1891

manganin1894

Eureka1914

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv Their electrum,..a substance now as unknown as true aurichalcum, or Corinthian brass.

1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2036 Of Copper,..together with a discourse of the Native and Factitious Orichalchum.

1785 Bp. Watson in Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 2 47 On Orichalcum.

1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 368/1 Aurichalcum or Orichalcum, was an alloy of copper and gold, esteemed for its brilliancy and hardness.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 485 Then he..dons his coat of mail, With gold and sheeny orichalcum crisp.

1979 Nature 5 July 47/1 Recent analyses have shown, however, that some Roman orichalcum coins may contain up to 1% iron impurity.

1997 Independent on Sunday 11 Jan. i. 13/5 He waded across his prison to the other opening in the rock, obstructed with thick bars of orichalcum.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orichalcum
释义	orichalcumn. Brit. /ˈɒrᵻkalkəm/, U.S. /ˈɔrəˌkælk(ə)m/ Forms: 1600s orichalchum, 1600s 1800s– aurichalcum, 1700s– orichalcum. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orīchalcum. Etymology: < classical Latin orīchalcum < ancient Greek ὀρείχαλκος , literally ‘mountain-copper’, applied to a yellow copper ore or brass < ὄρει , dative singular of ὄρος mountain (see oro- comb. form¹) + χαλκός copper (see chalco- comb. form). In post-classical Latin (from 4th cent.) re-formed as aurichalcum , after classical Latin aurum gold, as if ‘golden copper’. Compare earlier orichalc n.For earlier use of post-classical Latin aurichalcum in an English context compare the following:OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 31 Aurum, gold, argentum, seolfor, auricalcum, goldmæstlingc, stagnum tin.OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 33 Auricalcum, aes et stagnum : mæstlingc, ær & tin. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 196 Latone hat Auricalcum..for þogh it be bras of messelyng, it shineþ as golde.?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 71 Latvne, Auricalcum. A yellow metal prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans, perhaps a naturally occurring alloy of copper and gold.Applied by Strabo to brass, though some Greek writers treated ὀρείχαλκος as a fabulous metal. In the Middle Ages the metal is often referred to as a very precious substance known only by repute. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other copper alloys tombac1602 blanched copper1621 orichalcum1646 cock metal1766 gold bronze1785 bidri1794 tumbaga1860 Aich's metal1861 sterro-metal1865 talmi1868 Abyssinian gold1869 delta-metal1883 Tobin bronze1891 manganin1894 Eureka1914 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv Their electrum,..a substance now as unknown as true aurichalcum, or Corinthian brass. View more context for this quotation 1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2036 Of Copper,..together with a discourse of the Native and Factitious Orichalchum. 1785 Bp. Watson in Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 2 47 On Orichalcum. 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 368/1 Aurichalcum or Orichalcum, was an alloy of copper and gold, esteemed for its brilliancy and hardness. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 485 Then he..dons his coat of mail, With gold and sheeny orichalcum crisp. 1979 Nature 5 July 47/1 Recent analyses have shown, however, that some Roman orichalcum coins may contain up to 1% iron impurity. 1997 Independent on Sunday 11 Jan. i. 13/5 He waded across his prison to the other opening in the rock, obstructed with thick bars of orichalcum. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646
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