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
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..."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..."
