cum purpură et sceptro C

1) пурпурная улитка, багрянка PM

2) пурпуровый цвет V, H, Sen etc.

3) пурпуровая ткань Col, Q, Su etc.; пурпуровая одежда, багряница, порфира ( cum purpură et sceptro C)

scēptrum, i (less correctly scaep-trum), n., = skêptron, a royal staff, a sceptre.

Lit.:

(rex Ptolemaeus) sedens cum purpurā et sceptro et illis insignibus regiis,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57; Quint. 9, 3, 57; 11, 3, 158; Suet. Aug. 94:

Augusti,

id. Galb. 1; Verg. A. 7, 247:

dextrā sceptrum gerebat,

id. ib. 12, 206; Ov. M. 7, 103; 1, 178; 2, 847;

5, 422. Also borne by a king's daughter,

Verg. A. 1, 653 Heyne:

exitiale,

Stat. Th. 1, 34;

of a triumphant general,

Liv. 5, 41; Juv. 10, 43.— Poet., in the plur., by way of amplification, of a single sceptre, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf.:

celsā sedet Aeolus arce Sceptra tenens,

Verg. A. 1, 57;

and of Juno,

Ov. M. 3, 265; 1, 596; 11, 560; Verg. A. 7, 173; 7, 252 al.—

Transf.

A teacher ' s rod (humorously):

ferulae tristes, sceptra paedagogorum,

Mart. 10, 62, 10.—

A name of the plant aspalathus, Plin. 12, 24, 52, § 110.—

= membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 25.—

Trop., as a symbol of authority, also used by the poets, in the plur., for kingdom, rule, dominion, authority: en impero Argis, sceptra mihi liquit Pelops, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 140:

tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Jovemque Concilias,

Verg. A. 1, 78:

sic nos in sceptra reponis?

id. ib. 1, 253; 7, 422;

9, 9: pulsus solio sceptrisque paternis,

id. ib. 10, 852:

sceptra Asiae tenere,

Ov. H. 16, 175:

potiri perenni sceptro,

id. M. 15, 585; id. F. 4, 198; id. M. 6, 677:

Heliconiadum comites, quorum unus Homerus Sceptra potitus, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 1038.

scēptrum, i (less correctly scaep-trum), n., = skêptron, a royal staff, a sceptre.

Lit.:

(rex Ptolemaeus) sedens cum purpurā et sceptro et illis insignibus regiis,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57; Quint. 9, 3, 57; 11, 3, 158; Suet. Aug. 94:

Augusti,

id. Galb. 1; Verg. A. 7, 247:

dextrā sceptrum gerebat,

id. ib. 12, 206; Ov. M. 7, 103; 1, 178; 2, 847;

5, 422. Also borne by a king's daughter,

Verg. A. 1, 653 Heyne:

exitiale,

Stat. Th. 1, 34;

of a triumphant general,

Liv. 5, 41; Juv. 10, 43.— Poet., in the plur., by way of amplification, of a single sceptre, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf.:

celsā sedet Aeolus arce Sceptra tenens,

Verg. A. 1, 57;

and of Juno,

Ov. M. 3, 265; 1, 596; 11, 560; Verg. A. 7, 173; 7, 252 al.—

Transf.

A teacher ' s rod (humorously):

ferulae tristes, sceptra paedagogorum,

Mart. 10, 62, 10.—

A name of the plant aspalathus, Plin. 12, 24, 52, § 110.—

= membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 25.—

Trop., as a symbol of authority, also used by the poets, in the plur., for kingdom, rule, dominion, authority: en impero Argis, sceptra mihi liquit Pelops, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 140:

tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Jovemque Concilias,

Verg. A. 1, 78:

sic nos in sceptra reponis?

id. ib. 1, 253; 7, 422;

9, 9: pulsus solio sceptrisque paternis,

id. ib. 10, 852:

sceptra Asiae tenere,

Ov. H. 16, 175:

potiri perenni sceptro,

id. M. 15, 585; id. F. 4, 198; id. M. 6, 677:

Heliconiadum comites, quorum unus Homerus Sceptra potitus, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 1038.

insigne, is, n. [insignis], a mark, sign, signal; a distinctive mark, a badge of office (class.).

Lit.:

quod erat insigne, eum facere, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133:

Minerva singulare est insigne ejus gymnasii,

id. Att. 1, 4, 3:

bos in Aegypto etiam numinis vice colitur: Apim vocant. Insigne ei in dextro latere candicans macula,

Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 184.— Plur.:

sibi haberent honores... sibi triumphos, sibi alia praeclarae laudis insignia,

Cic. Pis. 9, 26.—

A sign or badge of office or honor, a decoration: bulla erat indicium et insigne fortunae, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; id. Div. 1, 17, 36; Liv. 25, 4; Suet. Aug. 35.—Esp. in plur., insignia, attire, uniform, costume, regalia, etc.:

sedebat cum purpura, et sceptro, et insignibus illis regiis,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

imperatoris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

sacerdotum,

Liv. 3, 39:

pontificalia,

id. 10, 7: militaria, ornaments, probably on the helmets of the officers, Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

triumphorum,

Suet. Aug. 29:

majestatis,

Just. 10, 1, 3; cf.:

horum (mundi et caeli) insignia, sol, luna, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100:

vocis,

the costume of a public singer, Juv. 8, 227. —

A standard: navem Bruti, quae ex insigni facile agnosci poterat, i. e. the flag of the admiral's ship, Caes. B. C. 2, 6.—

A signal:

in praetoria nave insigne nocturnum trium luminum fore,

Liv. 29, 25, 11.—

Trop., an honor:

insignia virtutis multi sine virtute adsecuti sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 1:

laudis,

id. Sull. 9, 26:

orationis lumina et quodam modo insignia,

brilliant passages, gems, id. Or. 39, 135 (v. the context):

verborum et sententiarum insignia,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 36; 3, 25, 96 al.