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|lshtext=<b>concha</b>: ae, f., = [[κόγχη]].<br /><b>I</b> A bivālve [[shell]]-[[fish]], [[mussel]], Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; 2, 1, 15; Lucr. 2, 374; Verg. G. 2, 348; Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102: legere, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22; Suet. Calig. 46: cavae, Ov. M. 4, 725: marinae, id. ib. 15, 264: viles, Hor. S. 2, 4, 28: unionum, Suet. Ner. 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A pearl-[[oyster]], Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 sq.— Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> [[Meton]]., a pearl: lucida, Tib. 2, 4, 30; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 13, 6; Ov. M. 10, 260; id. Am. 2, 11, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[purple]]-[[fish]], Lucr. 2, 501; Ov. M. 10, 267.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[mussel]]-[[shell]], Lucr. 4, 937; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: [[ostrea]] in [[conchis]] suis, Ov. F. 6, 174.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[snail]]-[[shell]], Col. poët. 10, 324.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The [[Triton]]'s [[trumpet]], in form [[like]] a [[snail]]-[[shell]], Verg. A. 10, 209; Ov. M. 1, 333; Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 9; the [[trumpet]] of Misenus, Verg. A. 6, 171.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of objects in the form of a [[mussel]]-[[shell]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> A [[vessel]] for holding [[oil]], unguents, [[salt]], etc., [[Cato]], R. R. 13, 2; Col. 12, 50, 8; Hor. C. 2, 7, 23; id. S. 1, 3, 14 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> = [[cunnus]], Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 42; Fulg. Myth. 2, 4.