From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil”). Related to φῡ́ρω (phū́rō, “to mix, jumble together”).
Various folk etymologies connecting this word to πορφύρᾱ (porphúrā, “purple”) have been proposed, but none are plausible.
πορφῡ́ρω • (porphū́rō) (Epic, poetic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | πόρφῡρον | πόρφῡρες | πόρφῡρε(ν) | πορφῡ́ρετον | πορφῡρέτην | πορφῡ́ρομεν | πορφῡ́ρετε | πόρφῡρον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | πορφῡρόμην | πορφῡ́ρου | πορφῡ́ρετο | πορφῡ́ρεσθον | πορφῡρέσθην | πορφῡρόμε(σ)θᾰ | πορφῡ́ρεσθε | πορφῡ́ροντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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From πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple, red”).
πορφῠ́ρω • (porphúrō)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | πόρφῠρον | πόρφῠρες | πόρφῠρε(ν) | πορφῠ́ρετον | πορφῠρέτην | πορφῠ́ρομεν | πορφῠ́ρετε | πόρφῠρον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | πορφῠρόμην | πορφῠ́ρου | πορφῠ́ρετο | πορφῠ́ρεσθον | πορφῠρέσθην | πορφῠρόμεθᾰ | πορφῠ́ρεσθε | πορφῠ́ροντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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