orichalcus

• aurichalcus

From orichalcum +‎ -us.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.rɪˈkʰaɫ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.riˈkal.kus]

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.

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   • 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

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2. (New Latin, 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.

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First/second-declension adjective.

• Agestrata orichalca