purpureus
Latin
Etymology
Either from purpura (“purple”) + -eus or borrowed from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (porphúreos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /purˈpu.re.us/, [pʊrˈpʊreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /purˈpu.re.us/, [purˈpuːreus]
Adjective
purpureus (feminine purpurea, neuter purpureum); first/second-declension adjective
- purple, including reddish, violet, and brownish
- clothed in purple
- (figuratively) brilliant, shining, beautiful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | purpureus | purpurea | purpureum | purpureī | purpureae | purpurea | |
| Genitive | purpureī | purpureae | purpureī | purpureōrum | purpureārum | purpureōrum | |
| Dative | purpureō | purpureō | purpureīs | ||||
| Accusative | purpureum | purpuream | purpureum | purpureōs | purpureās | purpurea | |
| Ablative | purpureō | purpureā | purpureō | purpureīs | |||
| Vocative | purpuree | purpurea | purpureum | purpureī | purpureae | purpurea | |
Related terms
Descendants
See also
| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References
- “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.