purpureus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either from purpura (“purple”) + -eus or borrowed from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (porphúreos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʊrˈpʊ.re.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [purˈpuː.re.us]
Adjective
[edit]purpureus (feminine purpurea, neuter purpureum); first/second-declension adjective
- purple, including reddish, violet, and brownish
- clothed in purple
- (figuratively) brilliant, shining, beautiful
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | purpureus | purpurea | purpureum | purpureī | purpureae | purpurea | |
| genitive | purpureī | purpureae | purpureī | purpureōrum | purpureārum | purpureōrum | |
| dative | purpureō | purpureae | purpureō | purpureīs | |||
| accusative | purpureum | purpuream | purpureum | purpureōs | purpureās | purpurea | |
| ablative | purpureō | purpureā | purpureō | purpureīs | |||
| vocative | purpuree | purpurea | purpureum | purpureī | purpureae | purpurea | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]| albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic) | rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock) | niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic) |
| ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic) | rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses) | lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic) |
| viridis, flāvus (poetic) | viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic) | viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark) |
| glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes) | caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic) | |
| violāceus | purpureus (underlying shade) | roseus |
References
[edit]- “purpureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “purpureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “purpureus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.