conchylio
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;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...remisso et intento. Sic enim et purpura eodem conchylio non in unum modum exit: interest, quamdiu macerata..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...faciebat fecit operosum. 2. Sed desiderat saturatam multo conchylio purpuram, intextam auro uariisque et coloribus distinctam et artibus..."