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noun

blatta

gen. blattae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
: blatta θρόμβος αἵματος
a clot of blood
a clot of blood, Gloss.—Hence,
Purple •
(Access. form blattea, Ven. Carm. 2, 3, 19.) Purple (similar in color to flowing blood; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 46, and Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135; late Lat.): purpura, quae blatta, vel oxyblatta, vel hyacinthina dicitur, Cod. Th. 4, 40, 1: serica, ib. 10, 20, 18: blattam Tyrus defert, Sid. Carm. 5, 48; Lampr. Elag. 33; Cassiod. Var. Ep. 1, 2.
Perseus ID: n5479 Key: blatta2