purpureus
Latin
Etymology
Either from purpura (“purple”) + -eus or borrowed from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (porphúreos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /purˈpu.re.us/, [pʊrˈpʊ.re.ʊs]
Adjective
purpureus (feminine purpurea, neuter purpureum); first/second declension
- purple, including reddish, violet, and brownish
- clothed in purple
- (figuratively) brilliant, shining, beautiful
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | purpureae | purpureō | purpureīs | purpureīs | purpureīs | |
| Accusative | purpureum | purpuream | purpureum | purpureōs | purpureās | purpurea | |
| Ablative | purpureō | purpureā | purpureō | purpureīs | purpureīs | purpureīs | |
| Vocative | purpuree | purpurea | purpureum | purpureī | purpureae | purpurea | |
Related terms
- purpura
- purpurāmentum
- purpurāria
- purpurārius
- purpurascō
- purpurātus
- purpurētica
- purpurissum
- purpurīticus
- purpurō
- pururissātus
Descendants
- English: purple
- Italian: purpureo
See also
| Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus | cānus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinericeus, plumbeus, grīseus | āter, niger, piceus | ||
| pūniceus, murrhinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus ; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus ; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus | ||
| galbus, galbīnus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus | ||
| cyaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus | glaucus; līvidus; venetus, blaveus | ||
| violāceus, ianthinus | purpureus, ostrīnus, ātropurpūreus, amethystīnus | 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