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Strong's #4210 - πορφυροῦς
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- purple, dyed in purple, made of purple fabric
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πορφῠροῦς, ᾶ, οῦν, Att. contr. for πορφύρεος.
πορφύρ-εος, η, ον,
Att. πορφυρ-ῠροῦς, ᾶ, οῦν,
Aeol. πορφυρ-ύριος Sapph. 64, Alc. Supp. 11.2 ( πόρφυρον ἄνθος is corrupt in Sapph. 94, and πορφυρ[α ] as neut. pl. ( ) is found in Sapph. Supp. 20a . 9 ); -ύριος also in IG 5(1).1390.179 (Andania, i B.C. ):
I in Hom., 1 of the sea (cf. πορφύρω ), heaving, surging, [ χαράδραι] ἐς . . ἅλα πορφυρέην μεγάλα στενάχουσι ὁέουσαι Il. 16.391; ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα στείρῃ πορφύρεον μεγάλ' ἴαχε νηὸς ἰούσης 1.482, Od. 2.428; π. κῦμα . . ποταμοῖο ἵστατ' ἀειρόμενον Il. 21.326, cf. Od. 11.243; θάλασσα Alc.l.c.
2. of blood, gushing, αἵματι δὲ χθὼν δεύετο π. Il. 17.361; so, π. θάνατος onrushing death, of death in battle, 5.83, al. (but, π. θάνατος· ὁ μέλας καὶ βαθὺς καὶ ταραχώδης, Hsch. ).
3. of the rainbow, Il. 17.547; to which a supernatural π. νεφέλη is compared, ib. 551; perh. lurid.
II purple, of stuff, cloths, etc., π. φᾶρος Il. 8.221; χλαῖνα Od. 4.115; πέπλοι Il. 24.796; δίπλαξ 3.126, Od. 19.242; ῥήγεα Il. 24.645; τάπητες 9.200, Od. 20.151; σφαῖρα 8.373; χλάμυς Sapph. 64; σπάργανα, πτερά, Pi. P. 4.114, 183; χλανίς, χιτών, Simon. 37.11, B. 17.52, cf. A. Pers. 317, Hdt. 1.50, E. Or. 1457 codd. (lyr.), etc.
2. of human complexion, bright-red, rosy, flushing, π. Ἀφροδίτη Anacr. 2.3; στόμα Simon. 72; παρῇδες Phryn.Trag. 13; χ είλη IG 3.1376.
3. purple-clad, in purple, Luc. Tim. 20 .
4. neut. pl. πορφυρᾶ purple colour or purple spots, Ael. NA 17.33 .
5. πορφυροῦν (sc. ἄνθος ), τό, Woodfordia floribunda (an Indian shrub), Ctes. Fr. 57.21 .
6. Adv. -ῶς, στύφειν mordant for purple, PHolm. 24.37.
πορφύρεος, πορφυρεα, πορφυρεον, in Attic and in the N. T. contracted πορφυροῦς, πορφύρα, πορφυροῦν (πορφύρα), from Homer down, purple, dyed in purple, made of a purple fabric: John 19:2, 5; πορφυροῦν namely, ἔνδυμα ((Buttmann, 82 (72)); cf. Winer's Grammar, p. 591 (550)), Revelation 17:4 (G L T Tr WH); Revelation 18:16.
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πορφύρεος , -α , -ον ,
contr., -οῦς , -ᾶ , -οῦν
(< ποπφύρα ),
[in LXX for H713;]
purple: John 19:2; John 19:5; as subst., πορφυροῦν (sc. ἱμάτιον ), Revelation 17:4; Revelation 18:6.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
";suffer previously."; To the citations in LS8 for this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (1 Thessalonians 2:2) we may add Menander Fragm. p. 200, fr. 696.
[An interesting instance of the compd προσπάσχω occurs in the letter P Lond 1929 (mid. iv/A.D.), which the editor thinks may have been written by the great Athanasius himself. After referring to the bad health of his mother, the writer proceeds—.13 ἀ ̣γὼν οὖν [μέγιστος πε ]ρὶ ἐμου ̣̑ [ἐστὶ ] π [ρο ]σπάσχοντος. . ., ";so that there is very great anxiety concerning me, suffering [this?] in addition"; (Ed.).]
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