conchylii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conchylium, conchylii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mollusk, murex/purple-fish; purple, purple dye/garments (pl.); plant iasine;; shellfish; oyster; purple color;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...dominus crudus ac nauseans gustat? quantulum ex tot conchyliis tam longe advectis per istum stomachum inexplebilem labitur? Infelices..." - L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...longinqui litoris pisces et peregrina aucupia congereret, si conchyliis superi atque inferi maris pigritiam stomachi nausiantis erigeret..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...insuper viris, feminis ac pueris fascias purpurae ac conchylii distribuit. Et ut laetitiam publicam in perpetuum quoque augeret..."