orichalcus
Latin
Alternative forms
- aurichalcus
Etymology
From orichalcum + -us.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.riˈkʰal.kus/, [ɔrɪˈkʰäɫ̪kʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.riˈkal.kus/, [oriˈkälkus]
Adjective
orichalcus (feminine orichalca, neuter orichalcum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) made of orichalcum
- 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
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | orichalcus | orichalca | orichalcum | orichalcī | orichalcae | orichalca | |
| Genitive | orichalcī | orichalcae | orichalcī | orichalcōrum | orichalcārum | orichalcōrum | |
| Dative | orichalcō | orichalcō | orichalcīs | ||||
| Accusative | orichalcum | orichalcam | orichalcum | orichalcōs | orichalcās | orichalca | |
| Ablative | orichalcō | orichalcā | orichalcō | orichalcīs | |||
| Vocative | orichalce | orichalca | orichalcum | orichalcī | orichalcae | orichalca | |
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