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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative πορφύρεος πορφυρέᾱ πορφύρεον
Genitive πορφυρέου πορφυρέᾱς πορφυρέου
Dative πορφυρέῳ πορφυρέᾱͅ πορφυρέῳ
Accusative πορφύρεον πορφυρέᾱν πορφύρεον
Vocative πορφύρεε πορφυρέᾱ πορφύρεον
DualN/A/V πορφυρέω πορφυρέᾱ πορφυρέω
G/D πορφυρέοιν πορφυρέαιν πορφυρέοιν
PluralNominative πορφύρεοι πορφύρεαι πορφύρεα
Genitive πορφυρέων πορφυρεῶν πορφυρέων
Dative πορφυρέοις πορφυρέαις πορφυρέοις
Accusative πορφυρέους πορφυρέᾱς πορφύρεα
Vocative πορφύρεοι πορφύρεαι πορφύρεα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πορφύρεος πορφυρέου πορφυρεώτερος πορφυρεωτέρου πορφυρεώτατος πορφυρεωτάτου
Adverb πορφυρέως πορφυρεώτερον πορφυρεώτατα

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

  • ἀναγνωσθείσησ δὲ τῆσ ἐπιστολῆσ Χίοισ παρὼν Θεόκριτοσ ὁ σοφιστὴσ νῦν ἐγνωκέναι ἔφη τὸ παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ εἰρημένον ἔλλαβε πορφύρεοσ θάνατοσ καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 55 6:2)
  • "ὅτι ὁ πορφύρεοσ Ὁμήρου θάνατοσ οὗτόσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 14 23:2)
  • κάροσ δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψεν πορφύρεοσ, γαῖαν δὲ πέριξ ἐδόκησε φέρεσθαι νειόθεν, ἀβληχρῷ δ’ ἐπὶ κώματι κέκλιτ’ ἄναυδοσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 3:35)
  • ἔλλαβε πορφύρεοσ θάνατοσ καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section13)
  • Ηὢσ ἐξ ἠοῦσ παραπέμπεται, εἶτ’, ἀμελούντων ἡμῶν, ἐξαίφνησ ἥξει ὁ πορφύρεοσ, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν τήξασ, τοὺσ δ’ ὀπτήσασ, ἐνίουσ δὲ φυσήσασ, ἄξει πάντασ ἐσ ἓν βάραθρον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 131)

Synonyms

  1. dark red

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

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