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† concha, ae, f., = κόγχη.

  1. I. 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.
    1. B. In partic.
      1. 1. A pearl-oyster, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 sq.
        Hence,
        1. b. Meton., a pearl: lucida, Tib. 2, 4, 30; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 13, 6; Ov. M. 10, 260; id. Am. 2, 11, 13.
      2. 2. The purple-fish, Lucr. 2, 501; Ov. M. 10, 267.
  2. II. A mussel-shell, Lucr. 4, 937; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: ostrea in conchis suis, Ov. F. 6, 174.
    Hence,
    1. B. Meton.
      1. 1. A snail-shell, Col. poët. 10, 324.
        1. 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.
      2. 2. Of objects in the form of a mussel-shell.
        1. a. 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.
        2. b. = cunnus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 42; Fulg. Myth. 2, 4.

conchātus, a, um, adj. [concha], shellformed: cauda, Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43: parietum spatium, id. 11, 51, 112, § 270.

* conchĕus, a, um, adj. [concha], of or pertaining to a shell-fish: baca, a pearl, Verg. Cul. 67 dub. (prob. a gloss; v. Sillig N. cr.).

† conchī̆cla, ae, f. dim. [contr. from conchicula, from conchis], the boiled bean, Apic. 5, 4; cf. Petr. 66, 7.
Hence, con-chī̆clātus, a, um, adj., prepared with beans: pullus, Apic. 5, 4.

† conchis, is, f., = κόγχος, a kind of bean boiled with the pods, Mart. 13, 7; Juv. 3, 293; 14, 131; cf. Apic. 5, 4.

† conchīta, ae, m., = κογχίτης [κόγχη], a catcher of shell-fish, Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 5.

conchŭla, ae, f. dim. [concha], a small shell-fish (very rare), Cels. 2, 29; Val. Max. 8, 8, 1 al.

‡ conchȳlĭārĭus, ĭi, m. [conchylium], a purple dyer, Inscr. Donat. 315, 8.

conchȳlĭātus, a, um, adj. [conchylium].

  1. I. Of a purple color: peristromata, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67: vestis, Plin. 9, 39, 64, § 138; Suet. Caes. 43: lana, Petr. 54, 4; Marc. Emp. 9.
  2. II. Clothed in purple: relictis conchyliatis cum illo seminudo loquor, Sen. Ep. 62, 3.

conchȳlĭ-lĕgŭlus, i, m. [conchylium], a collector of shell-fish, Cod. Th. 11, 7, 15; 13, 1, 9.

conchȳlĭum, ii, n., = κογχύλιον.

  1. I. A shell-fish, a testaceous animal, in gen., Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86; Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33.
  2. II. Specif.
    1. 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.
      1. 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.
    2. B. Meton.
        1. a. Purple color, purple, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127 sq.
        2. b. Purple garments, purple, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Juv. 3, 81; 8, 101 al.