aurichalcum
English
Noun
aurichalcum (uncountable)
- Alternative form of orichalcum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯.riˈkʰal.kum/, [äu̯rɪˈkʰäɫ̪kʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯.riˈkal.kum/, [äu̯riˈkälkum]
- Metrical evidence for the length of the vowel in the second syllable is inconclusive: this word occurs in verse three times in the works of Plautus, in each case in the same metrical position, with the second syllable as the third anceps element in a line of trochaic septenarius. A syllable in this position can be long or short, but given the short scansion attested for i in the alternative form orichalcum, it may be preferable to assume the same length for the form with au.
Noun
aurichalcum n (genitive aurichalcī); second declension
- Alternative form of orichalcum
- c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 202, (trochaic septenarius):
- Cedo mihi contra aurichalco cui ego sano serviam.
- c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 658, (trochaic septenarius):
- Cedo tris mi hominis aurichalco contra cum istis moribus.
- c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 688, (trochaic septenarius):
- Di immortales, aurichalco contra non carum fuit.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aurichalcum | aurichalca |
| Genitive | aurichalcī | aurichalcōrum |
| Dative | aurichalcō | aurichalcīs |
| Accusative | aurichalcum | aurichalca |
| Ablative | aurichalcō | aurichalcīs |
| Vocative | aurichalcum | aurichalca |
References
- “aurichalcum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aurichalcum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette