ὀρείχαλκος

oreichalkos

orichalcum

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Critias 4
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114e5
116c1
116d5
116d7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρείχαλκος, ὁ, Lat. A. orichalcum (which by a false etym. was freq. written aurichalcum), mountain-copper, i.e. yellow copper ore, copper or brass made from it, h.Hom. 6.9, Hes. Sc. 122, Stesich. 88, Ibyc. Oxy. 1790.42, B. Fr. 68 Bgk., Pl. Criti. 114e, Arist. APo. 92b22, Mir. 834b25, Philostr. VA 2.7,20; a mirror of it, Call. Lav.Pall. 19 ; described by Theopomp. Hist.109 as a mixture of ψευδάργυρος and χαλκός. II. as Adj., = foreg., Suid.

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