purpura

See also: purpurā

§English

Petechia and purpura on a human ankle.

§Etymology

From Latin purpura

§Noun

purpura (countable and uncountable, plural purpuras)

1. (medicine) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.

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§Esperanto

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /purˈpura/
• Hyphenation: pur‧pur‧a

§Adjective

purpura (accusative singular purpuran, plural purpuraj, accusative plural purpurajn)

1. purple (having blue/red mixture that makes the color purple)

§Related terms

• viola

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§Finnish

§Alternative forms

• purppura

§Noun

purpura

1. (medicine) purpura

§Declension

Inflection of purpura (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		purpura	purpurat
accusative	nom.?	purpura	purpurat
	gen.	purpuran
genitive		purpuran	purpuroiden purpuroitten purpurainrare
partitive		purpuraa	purpuroita
inessive		purpurassa	purpuroissa
elative		purpurasta	purpuroista
illative		purpuraan	purpuroihin
adessive		purpuralla	purpuroilla
ablative		purpuralta	purpuroilta
allative		purpuralleˣ	purpuroilleˣ
essive		purpurana	purpuroina
translative		purpuraksi	purpuroiksi
instructive		—	purpuroin
abessive		purpuratta	purpuroitta
comitative		—	purpuroineen

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§Ido

§Adjective

purpura

1. purple

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§Latin

§Etymology

From Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish”), of Semitic origin.

§Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpur.pu.ra/, [ˈpʊr.pʊ.ra]

§Noun

purpura f (genitive purpurae); first declension

1. the purple-fish, a species of shellfish or mussel
2. the color purple
3. vocative singular of purpura

purpurā f

1. ablative singular of purpura

§Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	purpura	purpurae
genitive	purpurae	purpurārum
dative	purpurae	purpurīs
accusative	purpuram	purpurās
ablative	purpurā	purpurīs
vocative	purpura	purpurae

§Descendants

• English: purple
• French: pourpre
• German: Purpur
• Italian: porpora
• Old Spanish: porpola

• Portuguese: púrpura
• Romanian: purpură
• Russian: пурпур (purpur)
• Spanish: púrpura

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§Latvian

§Noun

purpura m

1. genitive singular form of purpurs

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§Old High German

§Etymology

Latin purpura

§Noun

purpura f

1. purple
2. purple cloth or raiment

§Descendants

• Middle High German: purpur
  • German: Purpur

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§Spanish

§Verb

purpura

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of purpurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of purpurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of purpurar.