conchyliatus

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

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

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.—

II Clothed in purple : relictis conchyliatis cum illo seminudo loquor, Sen. Ep. 62, 3.

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