conchi
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);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...fere res omnes aut corio sunt aut etiam conchis aut callo aut cortice tectae. interiorem etiam partem spirantibus..."Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mittere dives, emes. VII. Faba. Si spumet rubra conchis tibi pallida testa, lautorum cenis saepe negare potes. VIII..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Saxetani ponatur coda lacerti et, bene si cenas, conchis inuncta tibi, sumen, aprum, leporem, boletos, ostrea, mullos mittis..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Subdola famosae moneo fuge retia moechae, leuior o conchis, Galle, Cytheriacis. Confidis natibus? Non est pedico maritus; quae..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...alis quaque patet, nunc terga cavis super obsita conchis, nunc laterum costas, nunc qua tenuissima cauda desinit..."