hysginum

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

hysgĭnum, i, n., = ὕσγινον,

the darkred color obtained from the plant ὕσγη, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140; 21, 26, 97, § 170; Vitr. 7, 14; Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 5.