conchyliata
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conchyliatus, conchyliata, conchyliatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
purple-dyed (dye from murex/mussel); of a purple color; clothed in purple;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...coepit, qui brachium domini contusum alba potius quam conchyliata involverat lana. Nec longe aberravit suspicio mea; in vicem..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...suspicione. Peregrinarum mercium portoria instituit. Lecticarum usum, item conchyliatae vestis et margaritarum nisi certis personis et aetatibus perque..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Pompei peristromatis servorum in cellis stratos lectos videres"? Conchyliata peristromata et Cn. Pompei terunt servi et in cellis..."