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πορφύρεος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πορφύρεος πορφύρεᾱ πορφύρεον

Structure: πορφυρε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from porfu/rw

Sense

  1. darkgleaming, dark;
  2. dark, russet.
  3. bright, lustrous;, glittering. -
  4. dark red, purple or crimson
  5. purple-clad, in purple

Examples

  • ἔχοντι γὰρ αὐτῷ πορφυρέαν ἐν μέσῃ τῇ κεφαλῇ τρίχα ταύτησ ἀφαιρεθείσησ ἦν χρησμὸσ τελευτῆσαι· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 15 8:3)
  • αἶρε τὰ Περσῶν χἤξω κεἰσ ἀΐδην ὡσ Λακεδαιμόνιοσ πορφυρέαν τοι τάνδε, Λεωνίδα, ὤπασε χλαῖναν Ξέρξησ, ταρβήσασ ἔργα τεᾶσ ἀρετᾶσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 293 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. dark red

Related

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

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