byssus

Latin > English

byssus byssi N F :: kind of fine flax; linen made of it (L+S); cotton

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

byssus: i, f. (byssum, i, n., Isid. Orig. 19, 27, 4), = βύσσος [Heb. ],
I cotton, cotton stuff, App. M. 11, p. 258, 20; Mart. Cap. 2, § 114; Vulg. Exod. 25, 4 al. (acc. to others, a fine kind of flax, and the linen made from it; v. Liddell and Scott's Lex.).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

byssus, ī, f. (βύσσος), lin très fin, batiste : Apul. M. 11, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

byssus, ī, f. (βύσσος), feines Leinen, Batist, Kammertuch, Apul. met. 11, 3. Vulg. exod. 25, 4. Mart. Cap. 2. § 114. – Nbf. byssum, ī, n., Isid. 19, 27, 4.

Latin > Chinese

byssus, i. f. :: 至細麻