conchylium

Latin

Alternative forms

• concȳlium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion, “small mussel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈkʰyː.li.um/, [kɔŋˈkʰyːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈki.li.um/, [koŋˈkiːlium]

Noun

conchȳlium n (genitive conchȳliī or conchȳlī); second declension

1. shellfish
2. oyster
3. purple (colour, garments)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	conchȳlium	conchȳlia
genitive	conchȳliī conchȳlī1	conchȳliōrum
dative	conchȳliō	conchȳliīs
accusative	conchȳlium	conchȳlia
ablative	conchȳliō	conchȳliīs
vocative	conchȳlium	conchȳlia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Catalan: conquilla
• Old French: coquille
  • Middle English: cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle
    • → English: cockle
  • French: coquille
    • → English: coquille
• Italian: conchiglia
• Neapolitan: sconciglio
  • → English: scungilli

References

• “conchylium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conchylium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conchylium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.