I.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.: byssĭnum , i, n. (sc. opus), a garment of byssus; trop.: “vestite vos serico probitatis, byssino sanctitatis, purpură pudicitiae,” Tert. Cult. Fem. 13; Vulg. 2 Par. 5, 12 al.
byssĭnus , a, um, adj., = βύσσινος,