conchyliati
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →conchyliatus, conchyliati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
person dressed in clothes of a purple color; (nobility);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...mitto. Demetrium, virorum optimum, mecum circumfero et relictis conchyliatis cum illo seminudo loquor, illum admiror. Quidni admirer? vidi..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...luxuria tantum fingere saltem potuisset quantum ostendit dicendo: "conchyliatis Cn. Pompei peristromatis servorum in cellis stratos lectos videres..."
