A.purple garment or covering, X.Cyr.2.4.6; distd. from φοινικίς, ib.8.3.3, cf. Poll.7.55; “π. θαλαττία” Plb.38.7.2; π. ἐξίτηλοι, opp.ἀληθιναί, X.Oec.10.3, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.3.196, Luc.Hist.Conscr.10, Nigr. 13,etc.
III. = ἄγχουσα, Ps.-Dsc.4.23.
2. = ὠκιμοειδές, ib.28.