conchylium

Latin

Alternative forms

concȳlium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔŋˈkʰyː.li.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koŋˈkiː.li.um]

Noun

conchȳlium n (genitive conchȳliī or conchȳlī); second declension

shellfish
oyster
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
  - → Romanian: cochilie
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.