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fucus
† fūcus, i, m., = φῦκος, I rock-lichen , orchil , used as a red dye for woollen goods, Lichen rocce...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
fūcus (1) ī, m
, φῦκος, rock-lichen, orchil (a red dye for woollen goods); hence, a dye-stuff, red dye, red color: Lana medicata fuco, H.: potantia vellera fucum, H.: Tyrius, O.—A reddish juice, bee-glue, V.—Fig., pretence, disguise, deceit, dissimulation: fucum facere mulieri, T.: venustatis non fuco inlitus color: puerilis: mercem sine fucis gestat, H.: sine fuco ac fallaciis.
† fūcus, i, m., = φῦκος, I rock-lichen , orchil , used as a red dye for woollen goods, Lichen rocce...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.