purple

purple dye, purple cloth / high rank, emperorship.

purple, red.

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ostrum, i, n., = ostreon.

Lit., the blood of the sea-snail, purple (cf.:

murex, purpura): ostro Perfusae vestes,

Verg. A. 5, 111; Vitr. 7, 13.—

Transf.

Stuff dyed with purple, a purple dress, purple covering, purple:

textilibus si in picturis ostroque rubenti Jacteris,

Lucr. 2, 35:

stratoque super discumbitur ostro,

on purple-covered couches, Verg. A. 1, 700:

Sarrano dormire ostro,

id. G. 2, 506:

velare umeros ostro,

id. A. 7, 814; 4, 134; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 51:

cenae sine aulaeis et ostro,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 15; id. Ep. 1, 10, 26.—

The brilliancy of purple, purple, Auct. Aetnae, 332.

purpŭra, ae, f. [porphura].

Lit., the purple-fish (cf.:

bucinum, murex, ostrum),

Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 125 sq. —

Transf., purple color, purple, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 130:

violae sublucet purpura nigrae,

Verg. G. 4, 274:

certantem uvam purpurae,

Hor. Epod. 2, 20; Dig. 32, 68 fin.; also, a spurious purple color, prepared from berries (cf. Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140), Plin. 16, 18, 31, § 77.—Like aurum, gemmae, etc., to designate any valuable object, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 128; Lucr. 5, 1423; Hor. C. 2, 16, 7:

purpuram marinam,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 4, 23.—

The purple, i. e. purple cloth, a purple garment:

purpura plebeia ac paene fusca,

Cic. Sest. 8, 19: usque ad talos demissa purpura, i. e. the praetexta, id. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 1, 2, 6:

lectus eburneus, auro ac purpurā stratus,

Suet. Caes. 84.—Esp., of the purple garments worn by kings and magistrates:

purpura Pompeium summi velabit honoris,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 25:

regum,

Verg. G. 2, 495.—Cf. in plur.:

purpurae Laconicae,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 8; Quint. 8, 5, 28.—Hence,

Transf., a lofty station, high dignity:

omnis Latio quae servit purpura ferro,

i. e. all kings, Luc. 7, 228:

purpuram sumere,

i. e. the sovereignty, Eutr. 9, 8; Capitol. Max. 14:

adorare purpuram,

i. e. the emperor, Amm. 21, 9, 8; Cod. Th. 6, 24, 3; Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6; 12:

septima purpura,

the seventh consulate, Flor. 3, 21, 17:

tertia Latios renovārat purpura fasces,

Sil. 11, 112:

jamque novi praeëunt fasces, nova purpura fulget,

Ov. F. 1, 81.—

Of wine:

purpura potabilis,

Cassiod. Var. 12, 4.

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conchylĭum, ii, n., = konchulion.

A shell-fish, a testaceous animal, in gen., Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86; Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33.—

Specif.

An oyster, Cic. Pis. 27, 67; Hor. Epod. 2, 49; id. S. 2, 2, 74; 2, 4, 30; 2, 8, 27; Cels. 2, 18.—

A kind of purple shell-fish:

color conchyli,

Lucr. 6, 1074; Cat. 64, 49 Sillig N. cr.; Col. 8, 17, 9; Vitr. 7, 13.—

Meton.

Purple color, purple, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127 sq.—

Purple garments, purple, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Juv. 3, 81; 8, 101 al.

purpŭrārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of or belonging to purple, purple:

officinae,

manufactories of purple, Plin. 35, 6, 27, §

46: taberna,

Dig. 32, 1, 89:

NEGOTIATOR ARTIS PVRPVRARIAE,

Inscr. Orell. 4250.—

‡ purpŭrārĭus, ĭi, m., a purple-dyer, Inscr. Orell. 4271 and 4272.—

‡ purpŭrārĭa, ae, f.

A purpledye house, Inscr. Orell. 2952.—

A female dyer in purple, Vulg. Act. 16, 14.—

Plur.: Purpŭrārĭae, ārum, f. (sc. insulae), two islands in the Atlantic, now Madeira and Porto Santo, Juba ap. Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 203.

purpŭrārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of or belonging to purple, purple:

officinae,

manufactories of purple, Plin. 35, 6, 27, §

46: taberna,

Dig. 32, 1, 89:

NEGOTIATOR ARTIS PVRPVRARIAE,

Inscr. Orell. 4250.—

‡ purpŭrārĭus, ĭi, m., a purple-dyer, Inscr. Orell. 4271 and 4272.—

‡ purpŭrārĭa, ae, f.

A purpledye house, Inscr. Orell. 2952.—

A female dyer in purple, Vulg. Act. 16, 14.—

Plur.: Purpŭrārĭae, ārum, f. (sc. insulae), two islands in the Atlantic, now Madeira and Porto Santo, Juba ap. Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 203.

purpŭrārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of or belonging to purple, purple:

officinae,

manufactories of purple, Plin. 35, 6, 27, §

46: taberna,

Dig. 32, 1, 89:

NEGOTIATOR ARTIS PVRPVRARIAE,

Inscr. Orell. 4250.—

‡ purpŭrārĭus, ĭi, m., a purple-dyer, Inscr. Orell. 4271 and 4272.—

‡ purpŭrārĭa, ae, f.

A purpledye house, Inscr. Orell. 2952.—

A female dyer in purple, Vulg. Act. 16, 14.—

Plur.: Purpŭrārĭae, ārum, f. (sc. insulae), two islands in the Atlantic, now Madeira and Porto Santo, Juba ap. Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 203.

purpŭrĕus, a, um ( gen. sing. purpureaï, Lucr. 2, 52), adj. [id.].

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,

id. 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 porphureon kuma):

pruna,

Col. 12, 10, 4:

vites,

id. 3, 2, 1.—

Transf.

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.—

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.

purpŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [purpura].

Act., to purple, i. e. to make purple-colored, to dye with purple: undas, i. e. to darken (cf. purpureus), Furius ap. Gell. 18, 11, 3:

purpurati nimium ocelli,

Mart. Cap. 9, § 918.—

Transf., to beautify, adorn, App. M. 6, p. 427 Oud.—

Neutr., to be purple or purple-colored:

purpurantes violae,

Arn. 5, 160; Prud. Cath. 6, 82: purpurantem pingit annum floribus, Auct. Pervig. [p. 1494] Ven. 12; App. M. 10, p. 149, 9.—

Transf., to be painted or adorned, to shine: quae frondens purpurat auro, Col. poët. 10, 101 dub. (al. quae frondent purpurā et auro).

Tyrus or - ŏs, i, f., = Turos (Heb.).

Lit., Tyre, a famous mariiime and commercial city of the Phœnicians, especially celebrated for its purple, now the ruins of Soor, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; Tib. 1, 7, 20; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 7; Verg. A. 1, 346; Cv. M. 3, 539; 15, 288.—Hence, Tyrĭus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Tyre, Tyrian:

purpura,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70:

murex,

Ov. A. A. 3, 170; id. M. 11, 166:

fucus,

id. ib. 6, 222:

colores,

id. ib. 9, 340; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18:

vestes,

id. S. 2, 4, 84:

chlamys,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

puella,

i. e. Europa, Ov. F. 5, 605;

also called Tyria paelex,

id. M. 3, 258; cf.

taurus (that carried her),

Mart. 10, 51, 1:

Tyria maria in proverbium deductum est, quod Tyro oriundi Poeni adeo potentes maris fuerunt, ut omnibus mortalibus navigatio esset periculosa. Afranius in Epistula: hunc in servum autem maria Tyria conciet,

Fest. p. 355 Müll.—

Poet., for Theban (because Thebes was founded by the Phœnician, Cadmus):

montes,

in the neighborhood of Thebes, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 12, 693:

agri,

id. ib. 9, 406:

ductor,

i. e. Eteocles, id. ib. 11, 205:

exsul,

i. e. Polynices, id. ib. 3, 406:

plectrum,

i. e. of Amphion, id. S. 3, 1, 16; cf.

chelys,

id. Th. 8, 232.—

Carthaginian:

arces,

Verg. A. 1, 20:

virgines,

id. ib. 1, 336:

urbs,

id. ib. 1, 388:

doli,

Sil. 7, 268:

patres,

id. 2, 24:

ductor,

i. e. Hannibal, id. 10, 171; cf.

miles,

the army of Hannibal, id. 8, 13.—

Purple, of a purple color:

torus,

Tib. 1, 2, 75:

sinus,

id. 1, 9, 70:

vestes,

id. 1, 7, 47:

palla,

id. 4, 2, 11:

subtemen,

id. 4, 1, 121:

amictus, Ov A. A. 2, 297: cocco tinctum Tyrio,

Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140.— Subst.: Ty-rĭum, i, n., a purple color:

Tyria atque conchylia et omnis alios colores,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; 35, 6, 26, § 45.— Plur subst.: Tyrĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyre, the Tyrians, Mel. 3, 6, 1; Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2; Luc. 5, 108 al.— Poet., transf. (cf. supra), for Thebans, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 2, 73; 9, 489.—For Carthaginians, Verg. A. 1, 574; 4, 111; Sil. 1, 82 al.—

Transf., poet., purple, Mart. 2, 29, 3; 6, 11, 7.

Tyrus or - ŏs, i, f., = Turos (Heb.).

Lit., Tyre, a famous mariiime and commercial city of the Phœnicians, especially celebrated for its purple, now the ruins of Soor, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; Tib. 1, 7, 20; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 7; Verg. A. 1, 346; Cv. M. 3, 539; 15, 288.—Hence, Tyrĭus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Tyre, Tyrian:

purpura,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70:

murex,

Ov. A. A. 3, 170; id. M. 11, 166:

fucus,

id. ib. 6, 222:

colores,

id. ib. 9, 340; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18:

vestes,

id. S. 2, 4, 84:

chlamys,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

puella,

i. e. Europa, Ov. F. 5, 605;

also called Tyria paelex,

id. M. 3, 258; cf.

taurus (that carried her),

Mart. 10, 51, 1:

Tyria maria in proverbium deductum est, quod Tyro oriundi Poeni adeo potentes maris fuerunt, ut omnibus mortalibus navigatio esset periculosa. Afranius in Epistula: hunc in servum autem maria Tyria conciet,

Fest. p. 355 Müll.—

Poet., for Theban (because Thebes was founded by the Phœnician, Cadmus):

montes,

in the neighborhood of Thebes, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 12, 693:

agri,

id. ib. 9, 406:

ductor,

i. e. Eteocles, id. ib. 11, 205:

exsul,

i. e. Polynices, id. ib. 3, 406:

plectrum,

i. e. of Amphion, id. S. 3, 1, 16; cf.

chelys,

id. Th. 8, 232.—

Carthaginian:

arces,

Verg. A. 1, 20:

virgines,

id. ib. 1, 336:

urbs,

id. ib. 1, 388:

doli,

Sil. 7, 268:

patres,

id. 2, 24:

ductor,

i. e. Hannibal, id. 10, 171; cf.

miles,

the army of Hannibal, id. 8, 13.—

Purple, of a purple color:

torus,

Tib. 1, 2, 75:

sinus,

id. 1, 9, 70:

vestes,

id. 1, 7, 47:

palla,

id. 4, 2, 11:

subtemen,

id. 4, 1, 121:

amictus, Ov A. A. 2, 297: cocco tinctum Tyrio,

Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140.— Subst.: Ty-rĭum, i, n., a purple color:

Tyria atque conchylia et omnis alios colores,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; 35, 6, 26, § 45.— Plur subst.: Tyrĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyre, the Tyrians, Mel. 3, 6, 1; Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2; Luc. 5, 108 al.— Poet., transf. (cf. supra), for Thebans, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 2, 73; 9, 489.—For Carthaginians, Verg. A. 1, 574; 4, 111; Sil. 1, 82 al.—

Transf., poet., purple, Mart. 2, 29, 3; 6, 11, 7.

Tyrus or - ŏs, i, f., = Turos (Heb.).

Lit., Tyre, a famous mariiime and commercial city of the Phœnicians, especially celebrated for its purple, now the ruins of Soor, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; Tib. 1, 7, 20; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 7; Verg. A. 1, 346; Cv. M. 3, 539; 15, 288.—Hence, Tyrĭus, a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Tyre, Tyrian:

purpura,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70:

murex,

Ov. A. A. 3, 170; id. M. 11, 166:

fucus,

id. ib. 6, 222:

colores,

id. ib. 9, 340; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18:

vestes,

id. S. 2, 4, 84:

chlamys,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

puella,

i. e. Europa, Ov. F. 5, 605;

also called Tyria paelex,

id. M. 3, 258; cf.

taurus (that carried her),

Mart. 10, 51, 1:

Tyria maria in proverbium deductum est, quod Tyro oriundi Poeni adeo potentes maris fuerunt, ut omnibus mortalibus navigatio esset periculosa. Afranius in Epistula: hunc in servum autem maria Tyria conciet,

Fest. p. 355 Müll.—

Poet., for Theban (because Thebes was founded by the Phœnician, Cadmus):

montes,

in the neighborhood of Thebes, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 12, 693:

agri,

id. ib. 9, 406:

ductor,

i. e. Eteocles, id. ib. 11, 205:

exsul,

i. e. Polynices, id. ib. 3, 406:

plectrum,

i. e. of Amphion, id. S. 3, 1, 16; cf.

chelys,

id. Th. 8, 232.—

Carthaginian:

arces,

Verg. A. 1, 20:

virgines,

id. ib. 1, 336:

urbs,

id. ib. 1, 388:

doli,

Sil. 7, 268:

patres,

id. 2, 24:

ductor,

i. e. Hannibal, id. 10, 171; cf.

miles,

the army of Hannibal, id. 8, 13.—

Purple, of a purple color:

torus,

Tib. 1, 2, 75:

sinus,

id. 1, 9, 70:

vestes,

id. 1, 7, 47:

palla,

id. 4, 2, 11:

subtemen,

id. 4, 1, 121:

amictus, Ov A. A. 2, 297: cocco tinctum Tyrio,

Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140.— Subst.: Ty-rĭum, i, n., a purple color:

Tyria atque conchylia et omnis alios colores,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; 35, 6, 26, § 45.— Plur subst.: Tyrĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyre, the Tyrians, Mel. 3, 6, 1; Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2; Luc. 5, 108 al.— Poet., transf. (cf. supra), for Thebans, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 2, 73; 9, 489.—For Carthaginians, Verg. A. 1, 574; 4, 111; Sil. 1, 82 al.—

Transf., poet., purple, Mart. 2, 29, 3; 6, 11, 7.

mūrex, ĭcis, m.

The purple-fish, Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 125; Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, 11 (Heduph. v. 11, p. 167 Vahl.):

Baianus,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 32.—The Tritons used the shell as a tuba, Val. Fl. 3, 726.—The shells were also used for holding liquids, Mart. 3, 82, 27.—And for adorning grottos:

summa lacunabant alterno murice conchae,

Ov. M. 8, 563.—

Transf.

The purple dye, purple, made from the juice of the purple-fish:

Tyrioque ardebat murice laena,

Verg. A. 4, 262.—

Of bodies shaped (pointed) like the purplefish.

A pointed rock or slone:

acuto in murice remi Obnixi crepuere,

Verg. A. 5, 205:

Cato sternendum forum muricibus censuerat,

with small, pointed stones, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24.—

A sharp murex-shell used for a bridle-bit:

acuto murice frenat Delphinas bijuges,

Stat. Achill. 1; 221.—

A caltrop, with sharp points in every direction:

murices ferreos in terram defodisse Dareum, quā hostem equites emissurum esse credebat,

Curt. 4, 13, 36; Val. Max. 3, 7, 2.—

A spike of iron:

armarium muricibus praefixum,

Gell. 6, 4, 4.