ὀρεί-χαλκος,ὁ, Lat.
A. orichalcum(which by a false etym. was freq. writtenaurichalcum), mountain-copper,i.e.yellow copper ore, copperorbrass 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 ofψευδάργυροςandχαλκός.
II. asAdj.,=foreg., Suid.