coccina
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coccinus, coccina, coccinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dyed scarlet, scarlet-dyed; scarlet, of scarlet color;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →coccinum, coccini:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
scarlet-dyed/scarlet clothes/garments/coverings (pl.);; berry (w/Cnidium) of spurge-flax/nettle (Daphne gnidium); berry of scarlet oak;; insect (Coccus ilicis) used for dye; scarlet dye/color; scarlet cloth/wool;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...inprobus annis atque mero fervens cavet hunc quem coccina laena vitari iubet et comitum longissimus ordo, multum praeterea..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...CXXXI Lacernae coccineae Si veneto prasinove faves, quid coccina sumes? Ne fias ista transfuga sorte, vide. CXXXII Pilleum..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...aegrotat: faciunt hanc stragula febrem. Si fuerit sanus, coccina quid facient? quid torus a Nilo, quid Sidone tinctus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...effunderent, Trimalchio hoc suum propinasse dicebat. Hinc involutus coccina gausapa lecticae impositus est praecedentibus phaleratis cursoribus quattuor..."
