purpureus adj.
, πορφύρεος,
purple-colored, purple, dark-red: toga: mare, i. e.
dark.—Poet., of many hues, red, dark, brown, violet, purple: flos rosae, H.: pannus, H.:
aurora, rose-red, O.: rubor
(oris), a rosy blush, O.: anima, i. e. blood, V.:
lunae voltus, O.: sapa,
O.: merum, O.: capillus,
V.— Clothed in purple, wearing purple: tyranni,
H.: rex, O.: Purpureus pennis,
i. e. with purple feathers upon his helmet, V.—Brilliant, shining, bright,
beautiful: olores, H.: lumen,
V.: Amor, O.
