conchyliatae
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;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...coepit, qui brachium domini contusum alba potius quam conchyliata involverat lana. Nec longe aberravit suspicio mea; in vicem..."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..."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..."