COLUMBA, female pigeon; COLUMBUS, the male; COLUMBULUS, —A, squab, ℞ [220]. Also used as an endearing term
Columella, writer on agriculture; —— on bulbs, ℞ [307]; —— mentioning Matius, ℞ [167]
COLYMBADES (OLIVAE), olives “swimming” in the brine; from COLYMBUS, swimming pool
Combination of dishes, ℞ [46]
Commentaries on Apicius, p. [272]
Commodus, a Roman, ℞ [197]
Compôte of early fruit, ℞ [177]
CONCHA, shellfish muscle, cockle scallop, pearl oyster; also the pearl itself, or mother-of-pearl; also any hollow vessel resembling a mussel shell (cf. illustration, p. [125]) hence CONCHA SALIS PURI, a salt cellar. Hence also CONCHIS, beans or peas cooked “in the shell” or in the pod; and diminutives and variations: CONCHICLA FABA, (bean in the pod) for CONCHICULA, which is the same as CONCHIS and CONCICLA; ℞ [194-98], [411]. —— APICIANA, ℞ [195]; —— DE PISA, ℞ [196]; —— COMMODIANA, ℞ [197]; —— FARSILIS, ℞ [199]
CONCHICLATUS, ℞ [199]
CONCRESCO, grow together, run together, thicken, congeal, also curdle, etc., same as CONCRETIO, CONCRETUM