purple
From LSJ
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. ἁλουργής, P. ἁλουργός (Plato), φοινικοῦς (Xen.), V. πορφυροῦς, φοινικόβαπτος.
substantive
purple dye: P. and V. πορφύρα, ἡ, P. ὄστρειον, τό.
purple cloak: Ar. φοινικίς, ἡ (also Xen.).
purple cloth: V. πορφύρα, ἡ.
strewn with purple cloth, adj.: V. πορφυρόστρωτος.
purple robe: Ar. ἀλουργίς, ἡ.
