ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΣΙ, πορφυρισι
PORPHYRISI, porphyrisi
Sounds Like: por-FY-ree-see
Translations: purple, purple dye, purple garment, a purple garment
From the root: ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the color purple, specifically the dye itself, or a garment dyed with purple. It is often associated with royalty, wealth, and high status due to the expense and rarity of purple dye in ancient times. It is a feminine noun.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:191
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΔΑΣ — purple dye, purple garment, a purple garment
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΔΙ — (to) purple, (to) a purple robe, (to) a purple garment
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΔΩΝ — of purple garments, of purple cloth, of purple
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