πορφύρα
See also: πορφυρά
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Traditionally derived from πορφύρω (porphúrō, “I redden”), itself related to φύρω (phúrō, “I mix”), Hittite 𒁍𒊒𒌓 (purut, “mud, soil”), Sanskrit भुरति (bhuráti, “have convulsions, sprawl”).[1] However, Beekes does not dismiss a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the absence of connections in other Indo-European languages.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /por.pʰý.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /porˈpʰy.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /porˈɸy.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /porˈfy.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /porˈfi.ra/
Noun edit
πορφῠ́ρᾱ • (porphúrā) f (genitive πορφῠ́ρᾱς); first declension
- purple-fish (Hexaplex trunculus)
- Synonym: κᾰ́λχη (kálkhē)
- a purple dye obtained from it
- (in the plural) cloths of purple
- purple stripe or other adornment of a garment
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πορφῠ́ρᾱ hē porphúrā |
τὼ πορφῠ́ρᾱ tṑ porphúrā |
αἱ πορφῠ́ραι hai porphúrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πορφῠ́ρᾱς tês porphúrās |
τοῖν πορφῠ́ραιν toîn porphúrain |
τῶν πορφῠρῶν tôn porphurôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πορφῠ́ρᾳ têi porphúrāi |
τοῖν πορφῠ́ραιν toîn porphúrain |
ταῖς πορφῠ́ραις taîs porphúrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πορφῠ́ρᾱν tḕn porphúrān |
τὼ πορφῠ́ρᾱ tṑ porphúrā |
τᾱ̀ς πορφῠ́ρᾱς tā̀s porphúrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πορφῠ́ρᾱ porphúrā |
πορφῠ́ρᾱ porphúrā |
πορφῠ́ραι porphúrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἁλιπόρφυρος (halipórphuros)
- ἐπιπόρφυρος (epipórphuros)
- ὁλοπόρφυρος (holopórphuros)
- παμπόρφυρος (pampórphuros)
- περιπόρφυρος (peripórphuros)
- πλᾰτῠπόρφῠρος (platupórphuros)
- πορφυράνθεμος (porphuránthemos)
- πορφυρεῖον (porphureîon)
- πορφύρεος (porphúreos)
- πορφυρεύς (porphureús)
- πορφυρευτής (porphureutḗs)
- πορφυρεύω (porphureúō)
- πορφυρίζω (porphurízō)
- πορφυρική (porphurikḗ)
- πορφύριον (porphúrion)
- πορφυρίς (porphurís)
- πορφυρίτης (porphurítēs)
- πορφυρῖτις (porphurîtis)
- πορφυρίων (porphuríōn)
- πορφυρόβαπτος (porphuróbaptos)
- πορφυροβάφος (porphurobáphos)
- πορφυροδίνης (porphurodínēs)
- πορφυροειδής (porphuroeidḗs)
- πορφυρόεις (porphuróeis)
- πορφυροεργής (porphuroergḗs)
- πορφυρόζωνος (porphurózōnos)
- πορφυρόκαυλος (porphurókaulos)
- πορφυροκλέπτης (porphurokléptēs)
- πορφυρομιγής (porphuromigḗs)
- πορφυρόνωτος (porphurónōtos)
- πορφυρόπεζα (porphurópeza)
- πορφυροπώλης (porphuropṓlēs)
- πορφυρόστρωτος (porphuróstrōtos)
- πορφυροσχήμων (porphuroskhḗmōn)
- πορφυροῦς (porphuroûs)
- πορφυρόχροος (porphurókhroos)
- πορφυρώδης (porphurṓdēs)
- ὑποπόρφυρος (hupopórphuros)
- ψευδοπόρφυρον (pseudopórphuron)
Descendants edit
- Greek: πορφύρα (porfýra)
- → Latin: purpura (see there for further descendants)
- → Translingual: Porphyra
References edit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πορφύρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1224
Further reading edit
- “πορφύρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πορφύρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πορφύρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Noun edit
πορφύρα • (porfýra) f (plural πορφύρες)
- murex (the mollusc)
- Tyrian purple, royal purple (the dye, and its colour, obtained from the mollusc)
Declension edit
declension of πορφύρα
Synonyms edit
- (colour): πορφυρό n (porfyró)
Related terms edit
- πορφυρός (porfyrós, “purple”, adj)
Further reading edit
- Πορφύρα (χρωστική) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el