orichalcum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of orichalcum
1640–50; < Latin < Greek oreíchalkos literally, mountain-copper, equivalent to orei-, combining form of óros mountain + chalkós copper
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In the interior of the temple the roof was of ivory, curiously wrought everywhere with gold and silver and orichalcum; and all the other parts, the walls and pillars and floor, they coated with orichalcum.
From Critias by Benjamin Jowett
In the interior of the temple the roof was of ivory, adorned everywhere with gold and silver and orichalcum; all the other parts of the walls and pillars and floor they lined with orichalcum.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly
The roof was of ivory, adorned with gold and silver and orichalcum, and the rest of the interior was lined with orichalcum.
From Critias by Benjamin Jowett
These were inscribed by the first then on a column of orichalcum, which was situated in the middle of the island, at the Temple of Poseidon, whither the people were gathered together.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly
The Latin orichalcum, for instance, is simply the Greek word ὀρείχαλκος, from ὄρος, mountain, and χαλκός, copper.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
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