purpureus

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Latin

Etymology

Either from purpura (“purple”) +‎ -eus or borrowed from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (porphúreos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

purpureus (feminine purpurea, neuter purpureum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. purple, including reddish, violet, and brownish
  2. clothed in purple
  3. (figuratively) brilliant, shining, beautiful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative purpureus purpurea purpureum purpureī purpureae purpurea
Genitive purpureī purpureae purpureī purpureōrum purpureārum purpureōrum
Dative purpureō purpureō purpureīs
Accusative purpureum purpuream purpureum purpureōs purpureās purpurea
Ablative purpureō purpureā purpureō purpureīs
Vocative purpuree purpurea purpureum purpureī purpureae purpurea

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: purple
  • Italian: purpureo

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, 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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