conchylia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conchylium, conchylii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mollusk, murex/purple-fish; purple, purple dye/garments (pl.); plant iasine;; shellfish; oyster; purple color;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- D
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...mediis sed natus Athenis. horum ego non fugiam conchylia? me prior ille signabit fultusque toro meliore recumbet, advectus..." - D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...omnis, et ingens stabat aceruos nummorum, Spartana chlamys, conchylia Coa, et cum Parrhasii tabulis signisque Myronis Phidiacum uiuebat..." - L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...perscrutari profundum nec strage animalium uentrem onerare nec conchylia ultimi maris ex ignoto litore eruere: di istos deaeque..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...mensam vivus perducitur, atque Lucrinis eruta litoribus vendunt conchylia cenas, ut renovent per damna famem. Iam Phasidos unda..." 
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Tuscus aper generosior Vmbro, lubrica qua recubent conchylia mollius alga. nobis verus amor medioque Helicone petitus sermo hilaresque..."- Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...tibi sederit. at simul assis miscueris elixa, simul conchylia turdis, dulcia se in bilem vertent stomachoque tumultum lenta..."