conchyliate
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;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →conchyliatus, conchyliati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
person dressed in clothes of a purple color; (nobility);
voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...nequeat gravis et leve olivom. purpureusque colos conchyli iungitur uno corpore cum lanae, dirimi qui non queat usquam..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...mediis, Indo quod dente politum tincta tegit roseo conchyli purpura fuco. haec vestis priscis hominum variata figuris heroum..."
