Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παμπόρφυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παμπόρφυρος παμπόρφυρον

Structure: παμπορφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: porfu/rw

Sense

  1. all-purple

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἐν κέκρυπτο γὰρ σχοίνῳ βατιᾷ τ’ ἐν ἀπειράτῳ, ἰών ξανθαῖσι καὶ παμπορφύροισ ἀκτῖσι βεβρεγμένοσ ἁβρὸν σῶμα· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 6 16:2)

Synonyms

  1. all-purple

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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