purpureus
Latin
Etymology
Either from purpura (“purple”) + -eus or borrowed from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (porphúreos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /purˈpu.re.us/, [pʊrˈpʊ.re.ʊs]
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | purpureus | purpurea | purpureum | purpureī | purpureae | purpurea | |
Genitive | purpureī | purpureae | purpureī | purpureōrum | purpureārum | purpureōrum | |
Dative | purpureō | purpureae | purpureō | purpureīs | purpureīs | purpureīs | |
Accusative | purpureum | purpuream | purpureum | purpureōs | purpureās | purpurea | |
Ablative | purpureō | purpureā | purpureō | purpureīs | purpureīs | purpureīs | |
Vocative | purpuree | purpurea | purpureum | purpureī | purpureae | purpurea |
Related terms
- purpura
- purpurāmentum
- purpurāria
- purpurārius
- purpurascō
- purpurātus
- purpurētica
- purpurissum
- purpurīticus
- purpurō
- pururissātus
See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text) | ||||
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candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus | cānus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinericeus, plumbeus, grīseus | āter, niger, piceus | ||
pūniceus, murrhinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus ; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus ; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus | ||
galbus, galbīnus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus | ||
cyaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus | glaucus; līvidus; venetus, blaveus | ||
violāceus, ianthinus | purpureus, ostrīnus, ātropurpūreus, amethystīnus | roseus, rosāceus |
References
- purpureus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- purpureus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- purpureus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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