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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

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adjective

P. and V. ἁλουργής (Plato), P. φοινικοῦς (Xen.), V. φοινικόβαπτος, πορφυροῦς; see red.

substantive

P. and V. πορφύρα, ἡ; see purple.

Translations

Afrikaans: bloedrooi; Albanian: ngjyrë alle; Arabic: قِرْمِزِيّ‎; Azerbaijani: qönçə, al, al-qırmızı; Bulgarian: ален; Catalan: escarlata; Chinese Mandarin: 深紅色, 深红色, 緋紅, 绯红; Chukchi: нычелляк'эн; Cornish: kogh; Czech: šarlatová barva, purpur; Danish: skarlagen; Dutch: scharlaken, scharlakenrood, vuurrood; Estonian: sarlakpunane, ergav; Finnish: helakanpunainen, tulipunainen; French: écarlate; Galician: escarlata; Georgian: ალისფერი; German: Scharlachrot, Scharlach; Greek: άλικος; Greenlandic: aappallarissoq; Hebrew: שָׁנִי‎; Hindi: क़िरमिज़; Hungarian: skarlát, skarlátpiros, skarlátvörös, élénkvörös, narancsvörös; Ido: skarlato; Indonesian: merah tua; Irish: scarlóid; Italian: scarlatto; Japanese: 緋色; Korean: 스칼렛; Kurdish Central Kurdish: ئاڵ‎; Malagasy: dorehitra; Malay: merah; Norwegian: skarlagen; Persian: اشکرلاط‎, سقرلات‎, آل‎; Polish: szkarłat; Portuguese: escarlate; Romanian: stacojiu; Russian: алый, багровый, багряный; Serbo-Croatian: crven; Spanish: escarlata; Swahili: nyekundu; Swedish: scharlakansrött; Tagalog: iskarlata, eskarlata; Telugu: ఎర్రని; Turkish: kızıl; Ukrainian: яскраво-червоний; Uzbek: qizil rang; Vietnamese: đ​ỏ; Volapük: skarlataköl; Welsh: coch, ysgarlad