concha (noun F) = κόγχη: .
* A bivālve shell-fish, mussel, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; 2, 1, 15; Lucr. 2, 374; Verg. G. 2, 348; Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102: legere,Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22; Suet. Calig. 46: cavae,Ov. M. 4, 725: marinae,id. ib. 15, 264: viles,Hor. S. 2, 4, 28: unionum,Suet. Ner. 31.
* In partic.
* A mussel-shell, Lucr. 4, 937; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: ostrea in conchis suis,Ov. F. 6, 174.—Hence
* Meton., a pearl: lucida,Tib. 2, 4, 30; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 13, 6; Ov. M. 10, 260; id. Am. 2, 11, 13.
* The purple-fish, Lucr. 2, 501; Ov. M. 10, 267.
* Meton.
* A snail-shell, Col. poët. 10, 324.
* The Triton's trumpet, in form like a snail-shell, Verg. A. 10, 209; Ov. M. 1, 333; Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 9; the trumpet of Misenus, Verg. A. 6, 171.
* Of objects in the form of a mussel-shell.
* A vessel for holding oil, unguents, salt, etc., Cato, R. R. 13, 2; Col. 12, 50, 8; Hor. C. 2, 7, 23; id. S. 1, 3, 14 al.
* = cunnus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 42; Fulg. Myth. 2, 4.

s. TLL

s. TLL