Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • τοῖσι δὲ φοινικέουσ εἶναι, τοῖσι δὲ καὶ πορφυρέουσ, ἄλλοισι πρασοειδέασ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 16 4:2)
  • "ἀγρεῖθ’, αἱ μὲν δῶμα κορήσατε ποιπνύσασαι, ῥάσσατέ τ’, ἔν τε θρόνοισ εὐποιήτοισι τάπητασ βάλλετε πορφυρέουσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 22:1)

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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