brazen bull

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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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