coccineus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

coccĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [coccum],

I scarlet-colored : pallium, Petr. 32, 2: tomentum, id. 38, 5: lacernae, Mart. 14, 131 in lemm.

II Access. form coccĭnus , a, um: acini, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 177: gausapa, Petr. 28, 4. laena, Juv. 3, 283: aluta, Mart. 2, 29, 8. —

b In plur subst. : coccĭna , ōrum, n., scarlet garments , Mart. 2, 39, 1, 2, 43, 8, 14, 131, 1.—

c In sing. subst. : coccĭnum , i, n., = coccum, Hier. in Isa. 1, 1, 18.