purpureus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- purple, including reddish, violet, and brownish
- clothed in purple
- (figuratively) brilliant, shining, beautiful
Etymology
Affix from Latin purpura (purple, purple dye, shellfish) borrowed from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (Tyrian purple, purple, of a purple colour).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πορφύρεος
Gloss
Tyrian purple, purple, of a purple colour
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- purpura English
- purpureal English
- purpuric English
- purpurogallin English
- purpurogenous English
- purpuromycin English
- melinoporphyrus Latin
- purpura Latin
- purpuro Latin
- Purpur German
- porpora Italian
- purpureo Italian
- purpurico Italian
- pourpre French
- púrpura Spanish, Castilian
- πορφύρα Ancient Greek
- πορφύρεος Ancient Greek
- πορφύρᾱ Ancient Greek
- πορφῠ́ρᾱ Ancient Greek
- púrpura Portuguese
- purpel Old English
- purple Old English
- purpuren Old English
- porfire Old French
- porpra Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Galician
- purpură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- πορφυρός Greek (modern)
- porffor Welsh
- purper Middle Dutch
- purpur Old High German
- purpura Old High German
- corcair Old Irish
- corcra Old Irish
- corcur Old Irish
- pourpre Norman
- 𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌿𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- púrpura Asturian
- purpuir Middle Irish