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purpŭrĕus , a, um (
I.gen. sing. purpureaï, Lucr. 2, 52), adj. id..
I. Lit., purple-colored, purple; including very different shades of color, as red, reddish, violet, brownish, blackish, etc. (mostly poet.): “vestitus,Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37: “pallium,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31: “flos rosae,Hor. C. 3, 15, 15: “amictus,id. Ep. 1, 17, 27; Verg. A. 3, 405; Suet. Ner. 25: “pannus,Hor. A. P. 15: “aurora,rose-red, red, rosy, Ov. M. 3, 184: “rubor (oris),id. Tr. 4, 3, 70; cf. “os,Hor. C. 3, 3, 12: “ignis in ore Purpureus,Stat. Achill. 1, 161: “anima,” i. e. blood, Verg. A. 9, 349: “purpureus lunae sanguine vultus erat,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 12: “purpureus venit in ora pudor,id. ib. 2, 5, 34: “genae,id. ib. 1, 4, 22: “papavera,Prop. 1, 20, 38: “sapa,Ov. F. 4, 780: “lactuca,Col. 11, 2, 26: “merum,Ov. A. A. 2, 316: “capillus,Verg. G. 1, 405: “mustum,Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 17: “ficus,Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 69: “mare illud, quod nunc Favonio nascente purpureum videtur,” i. e. blackish, dark, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105: “fluctus,Prop. 2, 20 (3, 21), 5 (cf. the Homeric πορφύρεον κῦμα): “pruna,Col. 12, 10, 4: “vites,id. 3, 2, 1.—
II. Transf.
A. Clothed in purple (poet. for purpuratus): “tyranni,Hor. C. 1, 35, 12: “rex,Ov. M. 7, 102: “filius,id. P. 2, 8, 50; Mart. 6, 11, 8 al.: “purpureus pennis,” i.e. with purple feathers upon his helmet, Verg. A. 10, 722: “torus,covered with purple, Mart. 12, 17, 8.—
B. Brilliant, shining, bright, beautiful (poet.): “olores,Hor. C. 4, 1, 10: “lumen,Verg. A. 1, 590: “lux,Ov. F. 6, 252: “vultus Bacchi,Stat. Th. 7, 148: “Amor,Ov. Am. 2, 1, 38; cf. “alae,id. R. Am. 701: “orbes (i. e. oculi),beautiful eyes, Val. Fl. 3, 178: “ver, Col. poët. 10, 256: bracchia purpurea candidiora nive,shining, Albin. 2, 62.
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