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ἁλουργής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁλουργής ἁλουργές

Structure: ἁλουργη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ls, e)/rgw

Sense

  1. sea-purple (genuine purple, as opposed to imitation purple)

Examples

  • Οὐ τοίνυν ἀπόχρη τὸ κάλλοσ, εἰ μὴ κεκόσμηται τοῖσ δικαίοισ κοσμήμασι, λέγω δὴ οὐκ ἐσθῆτι ἁλουργεῖ καὶ ὁρ́μοισ, ἀλλ’ οἷσ προεῖπον ἐκείνοισ, ἀρετῇ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ καὶ ἐπιεικείᾳ καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὁπόσα ταύτησ ὁρ́οσ ἐστίν. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 11:12)
  • ὁ δὲ ἱστὸσ ἦν αὐτῆσ ἑβδομήκοντα πηχῶν, βύσσινον ἔχων ἱστίον ἁλουργεῖ παρασείῳ κεκοσμημένον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3744)

Synonyms

  1. sea-purple

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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