conchem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conchis, conchis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
leguminous vegetable, kind of bean; (boiled with shell/pod);
acc. sg.
Examples
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Septembri nec non differre in tempora cenae alterius conchem aestiuam cum parte lacerti signatam uel dimidio putrique siluro..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...diuitior licet fuissem, Iro pauperior forem, Charine, si conchem totiens meam comesses. 10 Pinxisti Venerem, colis, Artemidore, Mineruam..."
