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1. blatta, ae, f., an insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 139; 11, 28, 34, § 99: lucifuga, Verg. G. 4, 243 (per noctem vagans, Serv.); cf. Col. 9, 7, 5; Pall. 1, 37, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; Mart. 14, 37; cf. Voss, Verg. l. l.
On account of its mean appearance: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim, Laber. ap. Non. p. 543, 27.

2. blatta, ae, f.: blatta θρόμβος αἵματος,

  1. I. a clot of blood, Gloss.
    Hence,
  2. II. (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.

blattārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. blatta],

  1. I. pertaining to the moth: balnea, for moths, i. e. dark bathing-rooms (so called from the dislike of the moth to the light), Sen. Ep. 86, 7; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 99.
  2. II. Subst.: blattārĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba), moth-mullein: Verbascum blattaria, Linn.; Plin. 25, 9, 60, § 108.

blattea, v. 2. blatta, II.

blattĕus, a, um, adj. [2. blatta, II.], purple-colored, purple: tunicae, Vop. Aur. 46, 4: pallium, id. 45, 5: funes, Eutr. 7, 9.

blattĭārĭus, ii, m. [2. blatta, II.], a dyer in purple, Cod. Th. 13, 4, 2 dub.

* blattĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [2. blatta, II., -fero], wearing purple, clothed in purple: senatus, Sid. Carm. Ep. 9, 16.