LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

cochlis

Meaning

  1. a precious stone like a snail-shell in form

cochlis, ĭdis, f., = κοχλίς,
I. a precious stone like a snail-shell in form, Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 194.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCochlisCochlis (κοχλίς) is an adjective used with columna by P. Victor (Reg. Urb. Rom. viii. and ix.) to denote such columns as the Trajan and Antonine [COLU…

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What does cochlis mean in Latin?
cochlis, a noun, means “a precious stone like a snail-shell in form”.