- concha
- concha, ae, f., = konchê.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:B.
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.—In partic.1.A pearl-oyster, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 sq.— Hence,b.Meton., a pearl:2.lucida,
Tib. 2, 4, 30; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 13, 6; Ov. M. 10, 260; id. Am. 2, 11, 13.—The purple-fish, Lucr. 2, 501; Ov. M. 10, 267.—II.A mussel-shell, Lucr. 4, 937; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123:B.ostrea in conchis suis,
Ov. F. 6, 174.—Hence,Meton.1.A snail-shell, Col. poët. 10, 324.—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.Of objects in the form of a mussel-shell.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.—b.= cunnus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 42; Fulg. Myth. 2, 4.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.