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LNS

byssinus, byssina, byssinum

byssinus

βύσσινος

adjective (2-1-2)

made of byssus

Abbreviations

byssinus, a, um, adj., = βύσσινος, made of byssus: linum, Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 21: vestis, App. M. 11, p. 269, 10; Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 15: opus, Dig. 39, 5, 16, § 7.

—Subst.: byssinum, i, n. (sc. opus), a garment of byssus; trop.: vestite vos serico probitatis, byssino sanctitatis, purpura pudicitiae, Tert. Cult. Fem. 13; Vulg. 2 Par. 5, 12 al.