Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιπόρφυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιπόρφυρος περιπόρφυρον

Structure: περιπορφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: porfu/ra

Sense

  1. edged with purple, with a purple border, toga praetextata or laticlavia

Examples

  • πολὺ μᾶλλον ἢ στέφανοι καὶ χλαμὺσ περιπόρφυροσ. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 20 1:1)

Related

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

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