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). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: conquilla Old French: coquilleMiddle English: cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle→ English: cockleFrench: coquilleMauritian Creole: koki→ 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.