ἐπιπόρφυρος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- with a purple tinge
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (purple dye, purple-fish, purple fish, Tyrian purple color and dye, murex).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πορφύρα
Gloss
purple dye, purple-fish, purple fish, Tyrian purple color and dye, murex
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- purpura Latin
- порфира Russian
- πλατυπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- πορφύρα Ancient Greek
- ἁλιπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- ὁλοπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- فرفير Arabic
- πορφύρα Greek (modern)
- прапрѫда Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian