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πορφυρόβλαστος

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Μ
πορφυρογέννητος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πορφύρα + βλαστός (< βλαστάνω)].

German (Pape)

πορφυρογέννητος, bei sehr Sp.