purple
purple
adj.
P. and V. ἁ̆λουργής, P. ἁλουργός (Plat.), φοινικοῦς (Xen.), V. πορφῠροῦς, φοινῑκόβαπτος.
adj.
P. and V. ἁ̆λουργής, P. ἁλουργός (Plat.), φοινικοῦς (Xen.), V. πορφῠροῦς, φοινῑκόβαπτος.
purple
subs.
Purple dye: P. and V. πορφύρα, ἡ, P. ὄστρειον, τό.
Purple cloak: Ar. φοινῑκί̆ς, ἡ (also Xen.).
Purple cloth: V. πορφύρα, ἡ.
Strewn with purple cloth, adj.: V. πορφῠρόστρωτος.
Purple robe: Ar. ἀ̆λουργί̆ς, ἡ.
subs.
Purple dye: P. and V. πορφύρα, ἡ, P. ὄστρειον, τό.
Purple cloak: Ar. φοινῑκί̆ς, ἡ (also Xen.).
Purple cloth: V. πορφύρα, ἡ.
Strewn with purple cloth, adj.: V. πορφῠρόστρωτος.
Purple robe: Ar. ἀ̆λουργί̆ς, ἡ.
PURPLE
The color purpura (general term): ostrum (the liquor used in dyeing): conchylium (purple color PROP. so called): color purpureus (a purple tint or hue).
A purple garment purpura; vestis purpurea; amictus purpureus; pallium purpureum clothed in purple purpuratus; conchyliatus (Sen. Ep. 62 2): to appear in gold and purple insignem auro et purpura conspici. A dealer in purple garments purpurarius (Inscript.; also purple-dyer): to sell purple garments negotium purpurarium exercere.
The color purpura (general term): ostrum (the liquor used in dyeing): conchylium (purple color PROP. so called): color purpureus (a purple tint or hue).
A purple garment purpura; vestis purpurea; amictus purpureus; pallium purpureum clothed in purple purpuratus; conchyliatus (Sen. Ep. 62 2): to appear in gold and purple insignem auro et purpura conspici. A dealer in purple garments purpurarius (Inscript.; also purple-dyer): to sell purple garments negotium purpurarium exercere.
purple (subs.):
1. purpŭra, f. (πορφύρα, orig. the p.-fish, Plin. 9, 36, foll.): gen. term for any red or rosy colour: natural; a p. hue shines through dark violet in the leaves, in foliis ... violae sublucet purpura nigrae, Virg. G. 4, 275: artificial; purpurae usum Romae semper fuisse video, Plin. 9, 39, 63. Used of different shades of p.: Join purpurae and conchylia: sea-shells used for p. dyes, concharum ad purpuras et conchylia ... eadem enim est materia, sed distat temperamento ... duo sunt genera, Plin. 9, 36, 61: just as nearly all the best p.s are now dyed, qualiter omnes paene commodiores purpurae tinguntur, ib.: a violet p., violacea purpura, ib.: a double-dyed Tyrian p., dibapha Tyria (p. not expressed), ib. Esp. for p. cloth, dress, and coverings: you remember his dress and p. reaching to the heels (i. e. the praetexta), amictum atque illam usque ad talos demissam p. recordamini, Cic. Clu. 40, 111: an ivory bed with a coverlet of gold and p., lectus eburneus, auro ac purpura stratus, Suet. Caes. 84: as a token of wealth, splendour, and luxury: shining in p., qui nitent unguentis, qui fulgent purpura, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5. Join: aurum et purpura, gold and p.: Nam amator meretricis mores sibi emit auro et purpura, Pl. Most. 1, 3, 128. In old times skins, now gold and p. rack The life of men with cares and weary wars, Tunc igitur pelles, nunc aurum et purpura curis Exercent hominum vitam, belloque fatigant, Lucr. 5, 1422-3: repose, my friend, not to be purchased with gems or p. or gold, (otium) Grosphe, non gemmis neque purpura venale nec auro, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 7. Esp. the regal p., as the emblem of royal power and state. illum non populi, non purpura regum flexit, Virg. G. 2, 495. Meton. for kings: And p.d slaves (lit. purple) that serve the Roman sword, Atque omnis Latio quae servit purpura ferro, Lucan 7, 228: to assume the p. (be proclaimed as emperor), purpuram sumere, Eutrop. 8, 9; to adore the p. (i. e. the emperor), adorare purpuram, Amm. 21, 9, fin.: Cod. Theod. 6, 24, 3: born in the p., porphyrogennētus (πορφυρογέννητος), or, Latinized, porphyrogenĭtus, a title of children of the Eastern emperors born during their father's reign.
2. purpŭrissum, n. (πορφύριζον): us, m., late Latin: a deep crimson p., Pl. Most. 1, 3, 104: Plin. 35. 6, 12 hence, (books) bound in p. or crimson, purpurissati, adapted from the purpurissati fasti (the consular fasti, so called from the colour of their robes), Sid. Ep. 8, 8.
3. mūrex, ĭcis, m., esp. the dye (from the mollusc so called: poet.): Tyrioque ardebat murice laena, Virg. Aen. 4, 262.
4. ostrum, n. (same meaning as No. 3): ostro perfusae vestes, ib. 5, 111: for a covering or dress of p.: they recline on the spread p., stratoque super discumbitur ostro (i. e. on purple-covered couches), ib. 1, 700. Join: purpura and ostra, though p. shines from the Tyrian shells,, Poenis si purpura fulgeat ostris, Prop. 4, 3, 51. Hence, purple-coloured, (poet.) ostricolor, Sid. Carm. 5, 18.
5. conchȳlium (κογχύλιον, same sense as Nos. 3 and 4): all dyed with p., nil nisi conchylio tinctum, Cic. Verr. 4, 26, 59. Comp. purpureusque colos conchyli jungitur uno corpore cum lanae, Lucr. 6, 1073. Join: purpura and conchylium: (of luxurious education): quid non adultus concupiscet, qui in purpuris repit? Nondum prima verba exprimit, jam conchylium poscit, Quint. 1, 2, 6: and in pl. Spartana chlamys, conchylia Coa, Juv. 8, 101. Hence, clad, clothed, or robed in p., conchȳliātus, Sen. Ep. 62: also purpŭrātus, (esp. as subs. for a courtier): minitare purpuratis tuis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102: Sopatrum ex purpuratis et propinquis regis esse, Liv. 30, 42: also purpŭreus (poet.) medio rex ipse resedit Agmine purpureus, Ov. M. 7, 103. Purple in compounds purpŭrārius, adj., p.-works, p. officinae, Plin. 35, 6, 17: a p.-shop or warehouse, p. taberna, Paul. 32, 1, 89: a p.-dyer, purpŭrārius, m. (subs.) Inscr.: a dealer in p. (Lydia), purpŭrāria, f., Vulg. Act. Apost. xvi. 14: a p. dye-house, purpuraria, f., Inscr.
1. purpŭra, f. (πορφύρα, orig. the p.-fish, Plin. 9, 36, foll.): gen. term for any red or rosy colour: natural; a p. hue shines through dark violet in the leaves, in foliis ... violae sublucet purpura nigrae, Virg. G. 4, 275: artificial; purpurae usum Romae semper fuisse video, Plin. 9, 39, 63. Used of different shades of p.: Join purpurae and conchylia: sea-shells used for p. dyes, concharum ad purpuras et conchylia ... eadem enim est materia, sed distat temperamento ... duo sunt genera, Plin. 9, 36, 61: just as nearly all the best p.s are now dyed, qualiter omnes paene commodiores purpurae tinguntur, ib.: a violet p., violacea purpura, ib.: a double-dyed Tyrian p., dibapha Tyria (p. not expressed), ib. Esp. for p. cloth, dress, and coverings: you remember his dress and p. reaching to the heels (i. e. the praetexta), amictum atque illam usque ad talos demissam p. recordamini, Cic. Clu. 40, 111: an ivory bed with a coverlet of gold and p., lectus eburneus, auro ac purpura stratus, Suet. Caes. 84: as a token of wealth, splendour, and luxury: shining in p., qui nitent unguentis, qui fulgent purpura, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5. Join: aurum et purpura, gold and p.: Nam amator meretricis mores sibi emit auro et purpura, Pl. Most. 1, 3, 128. In old times skins, now gold and p. rack The life of men with cares and weary wars, Tunc igitur pelles, nunc aurum et purpura curis Exercent hominum vitam, belloque fatigant, Lucr. 5, 1422-3: repose, my friend, not to be purchased with gems or p. or gold, (otium) Grosphe, non gemmis neque purpura venale nec auro, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 7. Esp. the regal p., as the emblem of royal power and state. illum non populi, non purpura regum flexit, Virg. G. 2, 495. Meton. for kings: And p.d slaves (
2. purpŭrissum, n. (πορφύριζον): us, m., late Latin: a deep crimson p., Pl. Most. 1, 3, 104: Plin. 35. 6, 12 hence, (books) bound in p. or crimson, purpurissati, adapted from the purpurissati fasti (the consular fasti, so called from the colour of their robes), Sid. Ep. 8, 8.
3. mūrex, ĭcis, m., esp. the dye (from the mollusc so called: poet.): Tyrioque ardebat murice laena, Virg. Aen. 4, 262.
4. ostrum, n. (same meaning as No. 3): ostro perfusae vestes, ib. 5, 111: for a covering or dress of p.: they recline on the spread p., stratoque super discumbitur ostro (i. e. on purple-covered couches), ib. 1, 700. Join: purpura and ostra, though p. shines from the Tyrian shells,, Poenis si purpura fulgeat ostris, Prop. 4, 3, 51. Hence, purple-coloured, (poet.) ostricolor, Sid. Carm. 5, 18.
5. conchȳlium (κογχύλιον, same sense as Nos. 3 and 4): all dyed with p., nil nisi conchylio tinctum, Cic. Verr. 4, 26, 59. Comp. purpureusque colos conchyli jungitur uno corpore cum lanae, Lucr. 6, 1073. Join: purpura and conchylium: (of luxurious education): quid non adultus concupiscet, qui in purpuris repit? Nondum prima verba exprimit, jam conchylium poscit, Quint. 1, 2, 6: and in pl. Spartana chlamys, conchylia Coa, Juv. 8, 101. Hence, clad, clothed, or robed in p., conchȳliātus, Sen. Ep. 62: also purpŭrātus, (esp. as subs. for a courtier): minitare purpuratis tuis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102: Sopatrum ex purpuratis et propinquis regis esse, Liv. 30, 42: also purpŭreus (poet.) medio rex ipse resedit Agmine purpureus, Ov. M. 7, 103. Purple in compounds purpŭrārius, adj., p.-works, p. officinae, Plin. 35, 6, 17: a p.-shop or warehouse, p. taberna, Paul. 32, 1, 89: a p.-dyer, purpŭrārius, m. (subs.) Inscr.: a dealer in p. (Lydia), purpŭrāria, f., Vulg. Act. Apost. xvi. 14: a p. dye-house, purpuraria, f., Inscr.
purple (adj.):
1. purpŭreus: p. colour or tint, p. colos (-or), Lucr. 6, 1073: p. dress or robe, p. vestis, p. pallium the splendour of a p. robe, vestis splendorem purpureaī, id. 2, 51: quum iste cum pallio p. talarique tunica versaretur in conviviis muliebribus, Cic. Verr. 5, 13. Poet. (Eng. as well as Lat.) for a variety of tints, from rose-red to blue-black; and even gen. for splendid or beautiful: p. flos rosae, Hor. Od. 3, 15, 15: p. dawn, p. aurora, Ov. M. 3, 184: p. light, p. lumen, Virg. Aen. 6, 641: p. eyes, p. orbes, Val. Fl. 3, 198: p. blush, purpureus molli fiat in ore rubor, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 70. p. life-blood, purpuream vomit ille animam, Virg. Aen. 9, 349: poppies, papavera, Prop. 1, 20, 38: fig, ficus, Plin. 15, 18, 19: wine, mustum, id. 3, 15, 17: the sea (opp. to caeruleus, blue, and ravus, grey), mare illud, quod nunc Favonio nascente purpureum videtur, ... nobismetipsis modo caeruleum, Cic. Acad. 2, 33, 105. Meton., of persons: (Acron) with his purple crest, purpureum pennis et pactae conjugis ostro, Virg. Aen. 10, 722: p. tyrants (i. e. in all the pomp of their royal robes), te (Fortunam) Purpurei metuunt tyranni, Hor. Od. 1, 35, 12.
2. Greek forms: porphy̆rītis, ĭdis, f.: porphy̆rētĭcus and purpŭrĭtĭcus (used only of stones): p. red, the colour of porphyry, q. v.
3. ostrīnus: p. tints, ostrini colores, Plin. 9, 39, 64: p. cloth, ostrinum suppărum, Varr. in Non. 549, 12.
4. conchȳliātus: p. carpets, c. peristromata, Cic. Phil. 2, 27: a p. dress (p. cloth for dresses), c. vestis, Plin. 9, 39, 64.
5. purple or purpled, tinged with p. red (purpurissum), purpurissātus: cheeks, quiaque istas buccas tam belle purpurissatas habes, Pl. Truc. 2, 2, 35: genae, Apul. Apol. p. 323.
6. Ty̆rius, poet. Tyrios mirare colores, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18 clothed in a p. robe with a border of gold, indutus chlamydem Tyriam, quam limbus obibat Aureus, Ov. M. 5, 51: Tyrios laudabis amictus, id. A. A. 2, 297.
1. purpŭreus: p. colour or tint, p. colos (-or), Lucr. 6, 1073: p. dress or robe, p. vestis, p. pallium the splendour of a p. robe, vestis splendorem purpureaī, id. 2, 51: quum iste cum pallio p. talarique tunica versaretur in conviviis muliebribus, Cic. Verr. 5, 13. Poet. (Eng. as well as Lat.) for a variety of tints, from rose-red to blue-black; and even gen. for splendid or beautiful: p. flos rosae, Hor. Od. 3, 15, 15: p. dawn, p. aurora, Ov. M. 3, 184: p. light, p. lumen, Virg. Aen. 6, 641: p. eyes, p. orbes, Val. Fl. 3, 198: p. blush, purpureus molli fiat in ore rubor, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 70. p. life-blood, purpuream vomit ille animam, Virg. Aen. 9, 349: poppies, papavera, Prop. 1, 20, 38: fig, ficus, Plin. 15, 18, 19: wine, mustum, id. 3, 15, 17: the sea (opp. to caeruleus, blue, and ravus, grey), mare illud, quod nunc Favonio nascente purpureum videtur, ... nobismetipsis modo caeruleum, Cic. Acad. 2, 33, 105. Meton., of persons: (Acron) with his purple crest, purpureum pennis et pactae conjugis ostro, Virg. Aen. 10, 722: p. tyrants (i. e. in all the pomp of their royal robes), te (Fortunam) Purpurei metuunt tyranni, Hor. Od. 1, 35, 12.
2. Greek forms: porphy̆rītis, ĭdis, f.: porphy̆rētĭcus and purpŭrĭtĭcus (used only of stones): p. red, the colour of porphyry, q. v.
3. ostrīnus: p. tints, ostrini colores, Plin. 9, 39, 64: p. cloth, ostrinum suppărum, Varr. in Non. 549, 12.
4. conchȳliātus: p. carpets, c. peristromata, Cic. Phil. 2, 27: a p. dress (p. cloth for dresses), c. vestis, Plin. 9, 39, 64.
5. purple or purpled, tinged with p. red (purpurissum), purpurissātus: cheeks, quiaque istas buccas tam belle purpurissatas habes, Pl. Truc. 2, 2, 35: genae, Apul. Apol. p. 323.
6. Ty̆rius, poet. Tyrios mirare colores, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18 clothed in a p. robe with a border of gold, indutus chlamydem Tyriam, quam limbus obibat Aureus, Ov. M. 5, 51: Tyrios laudabis amictus, id. A. A. 2, 297.
purple (v.):
I. Trans.: purpŭro, 1: to tinge with p., gen. poet., e. g. the waves, Spiritus Eurorum viridis cum purpurat undas, Fur. ap. Gell. 18, 11.
II. Intrans.: grow or be p., or be purpled: said of light and flowers, Milton, Dryden, etc.: purpŭro, 1: the Latin word often requiring to be translated by the adj. or part., purple, purpling, purpled whose foliage is p. and gold, frondens quae purpurat auro, Col. 10, 201 (al. leg. frondet quae purpura et auro) the p.ing violets, purpurantes violae, Virg. Aen. 5, 160: paints the p.d (or purpling) year with flowers, purpurantem pingit annum floribus, Pervig. Ven. 12. Incept.: purpurasco, 3: unda purpurascit, Cic. Fr. ap. Non. 162, 31.
I. Trans.: purpŭro, 1: to tinge with p., gen. poet., e. g. the waves, Spiritus Eurorum viridis cum purpurat undas, Fur. ap. Gell. 18, 11.
II. Intrans.: grow or be p., or be purpled: said of light and flowers, Milton, Dryden, etc.: purpŭro, 1: the Latin word often requiring to be translated by the adj. or part., purple, purpling, purpled whose foliage is p. and gold, frondens quae purpurat auro, Col. 10, 201 (al. leg. frondet quae purpura et auro) the p.ing violets, purpurantes violae, Virg. Aen. 5, 160: paints the p.d (
φοῖνιξ
a purple-red, purple; date palm
blatta, purple
καταπόρφυρος
all-purple
κογχύλιος
purple
παμπόρφυρος
all-purple
πορφυρόεις
purple
φοινίκεος
purple-red, purple
φοινικόεις
dark-red, purple
φοινικόλοφος
purple
ἁλιπόρφυρος
of sea-purple, of true purple dye
ἁλουργής
wrought in the sea, sea-purple
ἰοδνεφής
violet-dark, purple
ἰοειδής
like the violet, purple
ὀξύβλαττα
oxyblatta, bright purple
ὁλοπόρφυρος
all-purple
ῥοδινοπορφυροῦς
rose-purple
a purple-red, purple; date palm
appearing fewer than 50 times
βλάτταblatta, purple
καταπόρφυρος
all-purple
κογχύλιος
purple
παμπόρφυρος
all-purple
πορφυρόεις
purple
φοινίκεος
purple-red, purple
φοινικόεις
dark-red, purple
φοινικόλοφος
purple
ἁλιπόρφυρος
of sea-purple, of true purple dye
ἁλουργής
wrought in the sea, sea-purple
ἰοδνεφής
violet-dark, purple
ἰοειδής
like the violet, purple
ὀξύβλαττα
oxyblatta, bright purple
ὁλοπόρφυρος
all-purple
ῥοδινοπορφυροῦς
rose-purple
purpura
purple color, purple
purpureus
purple-colored, purple, dark-red
ostrum
the blood of the seasnail, purple
of a purple color, dyed purple
ostrinus
purple
purple color, purple
purpureus
purple-colored, purple, dark-red
ostrum
the blood of the seasnail, purple
appearing fewer than 50 times
conchyliatusof a purple color, dyed purple
ostrinus
purple
purple
purple dye, best shell-fish for its manufacture furnished by PhoenicianSea and coast of Laconia
- Paus. 3.21.6
- fishers of shell-fish which yields purple dye: Paus. 10.37.3
- purple bandage: Paus. 8.28.6
- purple robes: Paus. 2.17.6, Paus. 7.22.7, Paus. 10.25.5