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pelagium

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Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

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pĕlăgĭum — Lewis & Short

pĕlăgĭum, ii, v. pelagius, II. B.

1 † pĕlăgĭus, a, um, adj., = pela/gios, of or belonging to the sea, sea- (pure Lat. marinus): pelagii greges piscium, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10: pelagiae conchae, sea-mussels, Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 85: cursus, Phaedr. 4, 20, 7: matrona ornata phaleris pelagiis, i. e. with pearls and corals, P. Syrus ap. Petr. 55—

II Subst.

A pĕlăgĭa, ae, f., a kind of pearl-mussel, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 131.—

B pĕ-lăgĭum, ii, n., purple color, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134; 9, 40, 64, § 138.

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