purpurissum
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
purpŭrissum: i, n. (
I masc. collat. form purpŭrissus, Hier. Ep. 54, 7), = πορφυρίζον, a kind of dark purple color, used for dyeing red and as a cosmetic, Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 104; Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 218, 30 and 31; Hier. Ep. 127, 3.—
II Transf.: quid in oratione meā purpurisso litum, highly colored, Front. Or. 2, p. 248.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
purpŭrissum, ī, n. (πορφυρίζον), sorte de couleur pourpre foncé [servant à teindre en rouge] : Plin. 35, 30 ; [à farder] : Pl. Most. 261. m. purpurissus Hier. Ep. 54, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
purpurissum, ī, n. (πορφυρίζον), eine Art dunkler Purpurfarbe, die zum Rotfärben diente, Plin. 35, 30: u. zum Schminken, Afran. com. 231. Nov. com. 83. Plaut. most. 261. Tert. de cult. fem. 2, 7: purpurisso et cerussā faciem od. ora depingere, Hieron. epist. 108, 15 u. 127, 3. – übtr., quid in orationibus meis purpurisso litum? Fronto de or. 2. p. 159, 19 N. – / Nbf. purpurissus, ī, m., Hieron. epist. 54, 7.
Latin > Chinese
purpurissum, i. n. :: 紅顏料
