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
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..."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..."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..."