πορφύρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">[ῠ</b>], Ion. πορφύρ-η, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">purple-fish, Murex trunculus</b> and <b class="b2">Purpura haemastoma</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>504</span>, <span class="bibl">Archipp.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>528a10</span>, al., Speus. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.3.86c</span>; τρέφουσα . . πορφύρας ἰσάργυρον κηκῖδα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 959</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">purple dye obtained from it</b>, Sapph.44, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 12.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>847c</span>; ἡ π. ἡ θαλαττία <span class="bibl">Phylarch.45</span> J., etc.; π. βαθυτάτη <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.36</span>; used as an application, βρέξαντες ἐν [τῷ νάρδῳ] τὴν π. ἐπιτιθέναι Orib.<span class="title">Eup.</span>3.2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[πορφυρίς]] 1, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Aem.</span>23</span>, etc.: in pl., <b class="b2">cloths of purple</b>, πορφύρας πατῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>957</span>: collectively in sg., κωμῳδοῖς . . πορφύραν εἰσφέρων, ὥσπερ οἱ Μεγαρεῖς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1123a23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">purple stripe</b> or other <b class="b2">adornment</b> of a garment, τῆς σκιᾶς τὴν π. πρῶτον ἐνυφαίνουσ', εἶτα μετὰ τὴν π. τοῦτ' ἔστιν οὔτε λευκὸν οὔτε π. ἀλλ' ὥσπερ αὐγὴ τῆς κρόκης κεκραμένη <span class="bibl">Men.561</span>; ποτικεφάλαια . . μὴ ἔχοντα μήτε σκιὰν μήτε πορφύραν <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.24 (Andania, i B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1141.41</span> (i B.C.), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Par.</span>58</span>, Gal.18(2).791; <b class="b3">π. πλατεῖα</b>, = Lat. <b class="b2">latus clavus</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.10.26.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>108</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">π</b>. alone, <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.1422 (Prusias). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> metaph., σελήνη οὐρανοῦ π. <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span>6</span>. (Perh. formed from πορφύρεος <span class="bibl">11</span>, cf. <b class="b3">μαρμαίρω, μαρμάρεος, μάρμαρος</b>.) </span>