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Headword: Κόγχη
Adler number: kappa,1899
Translated headword: mussel, cockle
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A shellfish, from which [comes] purple dye.
Greek Original:
Κόγχη: κογχύλη, ὅθεν ἡ πορφύρα.
Notes:
LSJ entry at web address 1. See also kappa 1900, kappa 1901 (and cf. pi 2095, pi 2096 and pi 2101 for the dye). Same gloss in Photius and the Synagoge.
Manuscripts AGM have this gloss after kappa 1900.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: Steven Embree on 6 April 2009@11:08:42.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation, adjusted link, added keywords) on 6 April 2009@12:18:14.
Catharine Roth (expanded note, set status) on 6 April 2009@14:22:29.
David Whitehead (more x-refs; cosmetics) on 7 April 2009@03:04:10.
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