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1 conchylium
conchylĭum, ii, n., = konchulion.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:B.color conchyli,
Lucr. 6, 1074; Cat. 64, 49 Sillig N. cr.; Col. 8, 17, 9; Vitr. 7, 13.—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. -
2 κόχλος
Grammatical information: m. (f.)Meaning: `shell-fish with a spiral shell, sea-, land-snail', also `purple-scnail, kohl' (E., Arist., Theoc.).Derivatives: Several diminutiveformations: κοχλίς f. (Luc., Man.); also name of an Arabic stone (Plin.); κοχλία = ξιφύδρια, `shell' (H.); κοχλίδιον (pap., Epict.), - άδιον (sch.). - Further: κοχλίας m. ` snail with spiral shell', often metaph. `waterscrew, spiral stair etc.' (com., Arist., hell.); Lat. LW coc(h)lea, cf. Ernout Aspects du vocab. latin 54f.; κοχλιός `id.' (Paul. Aeg., Aët., Gloss.); κόχλᾱξ m. = κάχληξ (LXX, Dsc.); Lat. LW coclāca (Orib. lat.; cf. Ernout l. c.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unclear κοχλιάξων (- άζων), - οντος m. kind of machine-screw (Orib.; after ἄξων?). - From Lat. coc(h)lear, - āris n. (from coc(h)lea) as backformation κοχλιάριον ` spoon', also as measure (Dsc., medic.); orig. name of a spoon, of which the sharp end was used to draw the snail from its shell; cf. W.-Hofmann s. coc(h)lear. Connection with κόγχος, κόγχη (s. v.) is evident; it has (Pre-Greek) prenasalization. Note also the vowel-variation in κόχλαξ\/ κά-.Page in Frisk: 1,937Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κόχλος
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3 coryphion
small shell-fish; winkle; whelk; kind of murex/snail yielding purple dye (L+S)
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