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ἁλουργίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁλουργίς ἁλουργίδος

Structure: ἁλουργιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from a(lourgh/s

Sense

  1. purple robe
  2. (attributive, with ἐσθής, false reading in Lucian, The Ship 22) purple robe

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ταῦτα ἡμᾶσ μάλιστα ἀποπνίγει, ὦ Κρόνε, καὶ ἀφόρητον ἡγούμεθα τὸ πρᾶγμα, τὸν μὲν ἐφ̓ ἁλουργίδων κατακείμενον τοσούτοισ ἀγαθοῖσ ἐντρυφᾶν ἐρυγγάνοντα καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν συνόντων εὐδαιμονιζόμενον ἀεὶ ἑορτάζοντα, ἐμὲ δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ὁμοίουσ ὀνειροπολεῖν, εἴ ποθεν ὀβολοὶ τέτταρεσ γένοιντο, ὡσ ἔχοιμεν ἄρτων γοῦν ἢ ἀλφίτων ἐμπεπλησμένοι καθεύδειν κάρδαμον ἢ θύμον ἢ κρόμμυον ἐπιτρώγοντεσ. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 3:1)
  • ἡ δὲ ἐσθὴσ παντοδαπή, τοῦτο μὲν ἁλουργίδων, τοῦτο δὲ φοινικῶν, τοῦτο δὲ κροκωτῶν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 96:1)

Synonyms

  1. purple robe

  2. purple robe

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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