conchylium
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
conchȳlĭum: ii, n., = κογχύλιον.
I A shell-fish, a testaceous animal, in gen., Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86; Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33.—
II Specif.
A An oyster, Cic. Pis. 27, 67; Hor. Epod. 2, 49; id. S. 2, 2, 74; 2, 4, 30; 2, 8, 27; Cels. 2, 18.—
2 A kind of purple shell-fish: color conchyli, Lucr. 6, 1074; Cat. 64, 49 Sillig N. cr.; Col. 8, 17, 9; Vitr. 7, 13.—
B Meton.
a Purple color, purple, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127 sq.—
b Purple garments, purple, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Juv. 3, 81; 8, 101 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
conchȳlĭum,¹² ĭī, n. (κογχύλιον), [en gén.] coquillage : Cic. Div. 2, 33 || [en part.] a) huître : Cic. Pis. 67 ; b) le pourpre, coquillage d’où l’on tire la pourpre : Lucr. 6, 1074 || [fig.] pourpre [teinture] : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59 || conchȳlĭa, ōrum, n., Juv. 3, 81, vêtements teints en pourpre. conquilium Gloss. 5, 350, 22.