violaceus
From LSJ
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
vĭŏlācĕus: a, um, adj. viola, II.,
I violet-colored, violet: purpura, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136: flos herbae, Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 47: gemma, id. 37, 10, 61, § 170.