Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πορφυροειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πορφυροειδής πορφυροειδές

Structure: πορφυροειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. purple-like, purply

Examples

  • λίμνᾳ δ’ ἔμβαλε πορφυροειδεῖ τὰν μελανόζυγ’ ἄταν. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. purple-like

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

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