noun · femininefirst declension
concha
concha f (genitive conchae)
Classical[ˈkɔŋ.kʰa]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔŋ.ka]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- feminineA bivalve shellfish; a mollusk; a conch
Quod superest, quaecumque premes virgulta per agros, Sparge fimo pingui et multa memor occule terra, Aut lapidem bibulum aut squalentis infode conchas; Inter enim labentur aquae tenuisque subibit Halitus atque animos tollent sata; iamque reperti, Qui saxo super atque ingentis pondere testae Urgerent; hoc effusos munimen ad imbris,
Translation by James B. Greenough For the rest, whate'er The sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon Strew refuse rich, and with abundant earth Take heed to hide them, and dig in withal Rough shells or porous stone, for therebetween Will water trickle and fine vapour creep, And so the plants their drooping spirits raise. Aye, and there have been, who with weight of stone Or heavy potsherd press them from above; This serves for shield in pelting showers, and this When the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.346–353 - feminineA pearl oyster.
- feminineA pearl.
- feminineThe purple-fish.
- feminineA snailshell.
- feminineThe Triton's trumpet, in form like a snailshell.
- feminineObjects in the form of a mussel shell
- feminineA vessel for holding oil, unguents, salt, etc.
- femininesynonym of cunnus
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
domus dūra parvī animālis maris; in lītore conchās invenīmus.concha -ae f — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs
domus dūra animālis marīnīconcha -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 2, 24
cornū maris cavumconcha -ae (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 14
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | concha conchula | conchae concae, conchulae |
| genitive | conchae concae, conchulae | conchārum concārum, conchulārum |
| dative | conchae concae, conchulae | conchīs conchulīs, concīs |
| accusative | concham concam, conchulam | conchās concās, conchulās |
| ablative | conchā conchulā | conchīs conchulīs, concīs |
| vocative | concha conchula | conchae concae, conchulae |
concha, ae, f., = κόγχη.
I. 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.—B. In partic.
1. A pearl-oyster, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 sq.— Hence,
b. Meton., a pearl:
lucida, Tib. 2, 4, 30; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 13, 6; Ov. M. 10, 260; id. Am. 2, 11, 13.—II. A mussel-shell, Lucr. 4, 937; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123:
ostrea in conchis suis, Ov. F. 6, 174.—Hence, B. Meton.
1. A snail-shell, Col. poët. 10, 324.—
b. 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.—
2. Of objects in the form of a mussel-shell.
a. 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.—
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
concha ae, f
, κόγχη, a bivalve, shell - fish, mussel: squalentes, V.: cavae, O.: marinae, O.: viles, H. — A mussel-shell: ostrea in conchis suis, O.—Shells were used as trumpets; hence, poet., the trumpet of the Triton, V., O.; also as vessels to hold ointment, H.; or salt, H.; or wine, Iu.— A pearl: Munera fert illi conchas, O.: lucida, Tb. — A dye extracted from shell-fish: concha Sidonide tincta, O.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”).
Borrowings
- Englishconch
- Englishconk
- Englishconque
- Englishconcha
- Frenchconque
- Albaniankungë
- Polishkoncha
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseconcafrom Old Galician-Portuguese conca
- Spanishcuencofrom Old Spanish cuenco
- Spanishcuencafrom Old Spanish cuenco
- Aragonesecuenco
- Galicianconcafrom Old Galician-Portuguese conca
- Galiciancuncafrom Old Galician-Portuguese conca
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanconca
- Occitanconcafrom Old Occitan conca
- Limousinconchefrom Old Occitan conca
- Basquegonkafrom Old Occitan conca
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianconca
- Neapolitanconga
- Sicilianconca
- Venetanconca
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchconchefrom Old French conche
- Franco-Provençalconcha
- Franco-Provençalcouencha
- Bourbonnais-Berrichoncoinchefrom Old French conche
- Bourguignonconchefrom Old French conche
- Lorraincondgefrom Old French conche
- Lorraincongefrom Old French conche
Gallo-Italic
- Ligurianconca
- Lombardconca
- Piedmonteseconca
- Romagnolcônca