shell
shell
subs.
Shell of an egg: V. ὄστρᾰκον, τό (Aesch. Frag.), Ar. λεπί̆ς, ἡ.
A white egg-shell: V. τεῦχος νεοσσῶν λευκόν (Eur. Hel. 258).
Having just come out of the shell: V. ἄρτι γυμνὸς ὀστρά̆κων (Aesch. Frag.).
Of a tortoise: Ar. δέρμᾰ, τό.
Of a fish: P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό.
Husk: Ar. and P. λέμμᾰ, τό ; see husk.
Shell trumpet: V. κόχλος, ὁ.
Met., cover, case: Ar. and P. ἔλυτρον, τό (Plat.), P. and V. κύτος, τό.
Shell fish: P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό (Aesch. Frag.), Ar. and P. κόγχη, ἡ (Xen.), V. μῦς, ὁ (Aesch. Frag.), κόγχος, ὁ (Aesch. Frag.).
subs.
Shell of an egg: V. ὄστρᾰκον, τό (Aesch. Frag.), Ar. λεπί̆ς, ἡ.
A white egg-shell: V. τεῦχος νεοσσῶν λευκόν (Eur. Hel. 258).
Having just come out of the shell: V. ἄρτι γυμνὸς ὀστρά̆κων (Aesch. Frag.).
Of a tortoise: Ar. δέρμᾰ, τό.
Of a fish: P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό.
Husk: Ar. and P. λέμμᾰ, τό ; see husk.
Shell trumpet: V. κόχλος, ὁ.
Met., cover, case: Ar. and P. ἔλυτρον, τό (Plat.), P. and V. κύτος, τό.
Shell fish: P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό (Aesch. Frag.), Ar. and P. κόγχη, ἡ (Xen.), V. μῦς, ὁ (Aesch. Frag.), κόγχος, ὁ (Aesch. Frag.).
SHELL
s. cortex (e.g. of nuts): crusta (a crust; hard thick coat): corium (a leather-like covering e.g. of chestnuts): cutis (a thin covering skin): putamen (of eggs nuts beans testaceous animals): testa (of animals and eggs): folliculus (of pulse and corn): tunica (husk of corn).
s. cortex (e.g. of nuts): crusta (a crust; hard thick coat): corium (a leather-like covering e.g. of chestnuts): cutis (a thin covering skin): putamen (of eggs nuts beans testaceous animals): testa (of animals and eggs): folliculus (of pulse and corn): tunica (husk of corn).
v. Transitively putamen alicui rei detrahere; desquamare (to take off the scales).
Intransitively cutem corticem etc. deponere exuere desquamari (in scales). To shell teeth dentes cadunt excidunt.
Intransitively cutem corticem etc. deponere exuere desquamari (in scales). To shell teeth dentes cadunt excidunt.
shell (subs.):
I. The hard outer coat of animals, fruits, etc.:
1. concha (chiefly used of the shells of mollusks): small fishes float into the open s., pisciculi parvi in c. hiantem innatant, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: the snail enclosed in a s., implicitus conchae limax, Col. 10, 324.
2. crusta (any hard surface or covering of a body): locusts are protected by a frail s., locustae c. fragili muniuntur, Plin. 9, 30, 50. Dimin. crustŭla (v. rare): Plin.
3. pŭtāmen (husk, outer-covering): walnut s.s., juglandium putamina, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: bean s.s, fabae p., Plin. 17, 24, 37: an egg-shell, ovi p., id. 30, 7, 19: Col.
4 călyx, y̆cis, m. (outer-covering): three fruits from one s., trini partus ex uno c., id. 15, 23, 25: egg s.s., ovorum c., id. 28, 2, 4.
5. testa (the shell of shell-fish or of testaceous animals): races of monsters clinging to the rock by their s.s, genera beluarum ad saxa testis inhaerentium, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100: the s. of a tortoise, testudinis t., Varr. L. L. 5, 13, 23: the s. of an oyster, t. ostreae, Plin. 32, 6, 21.
6. follĭcŭlus: v.HUSK .
7. cortex, ĭcis, m. (rare in this sense): an egg-s., ovi c., Vitr. 8, 3, 18.
II. An inner coffin made of wood: arca; căpŭlus: v.COFFIN .
III. In military language, a hollow shot filled with gunpowder: *globus ferreus pulvere nitrato repletus.
I. The hard outer coat of animals, fruits, etc.:
1. concha (chiefly used of the shells of mollusks): small fishes float into the open s., pisciculi parvi in c. hiantem innatant, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: the snail enclosed in a s., implicitus conchae limax, Col. 10, 324.
2. crusta (any hard surface or covering of a body): locusts are protected by a frail s., locustae c. fragili muniuntur, Plin. 9, 30, 50. Dimin. crustŭla (v. rare): Plin.
3. pŭtāmen (husk, outer-covering): walnut s.s., juglandium putamina, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: bean s.s, fabae p., Plin. 17, 24, 37: an egg-shell, ovi p., id. 30, 7, 19: Col.
4 călyx, y̆cis, m. (outer-covering): three fruits from one s., trini partus ex uno c., id. 15, 23, 25: egg s.s., ovorum c., id. 28, 2, 4.
5. testa (the shell of shell-fish or of testaceous animals): races of monsters clinging to the rock by their s.s, genera beluarum ad saxa testis inhaerentium, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100: the s. of a tortoise, testudinis t., Varr. L. L. 5, 13, 23: the s. of an oyster, t. ostreae, Plin. 32, 6, 21.
6. follĭcŭlus: v.
7. cortex, ĭcis, m. (rare in this sense): an egg-s., ovi c., Vitr. 8, 3, 18.
II. An inner coffin made of wood: arca; căpŭlus: v.
III. In military language, a hollow shot filled with gunpowder: *globus ferreus pulvere nitrato repletus.
shell (v.): expr. by circuml. with words under SHELL (I. and III.): to s. walnuts, *putamina juglandium detrahere: to s. a town, oppidum *globis ferreis pulvere nitrato repletis oppugnare.
appearing fewer than 50 times
κέλυφοςa sheath, case, pod, shell
κογχάριον
mussel, shell (dim. of κόγχη)
κοχλίς
dim. of κόχλος, purple shell
λέπυρον
a shell, husk, rind
λοπίς
shell, flake, scale
λοπός
the shell, husk, peel
τέρφος
skin, shell
χελωνάριον
inferior tortoise-shell
χελώνιον
tortoise-shell
χηραμύς
scallop-shell
ἀστράβηλος
shell
shell
Shell
- the spiral: by means of which Minos discovered Daedalus: Apollod. E.1.13
- Tritons blow through pierced: Paus. 8.2.7