purple
From LSJ
εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν χειροτονεῖτε τοὺς ταξιάρχους καὶ τοὺς φυλάρχους, οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον → you elect taxiarchs and phylarchs for the marketplace not for war
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. ἁλουργίς, ἡ.
