purpura
See also purpurā
English
Petechia and purpura on a human ankle.
Etymology
From Latin purpura
Noun
purpura (countable and uncountable; plural purpuras)
- (medicine) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA: /purˈpura/
- Hyphenation: pur‧pur‧a
Adjective
purpura (plural purpuraj, accusative singular purpuran, accusative plural purpurajn)
- purple (having blue/red mixture that makes the color purple)
Related terms
Finnish
Alternative forms
Noun
purpura
Declension
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Declension of purpura (type kulkija)
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphura, “purple-fish”), of Semitic origin.
Noun
purpura (genitive purpurae); f, first declension
- the purple-fish, a species of shellfish or mussel
- the color purple
- vocative singular of purpura
purpurā f
- ablative singular of purpura
Inflection
First declension (1).
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | purpura | purpurae |
| genitive | purpurae | purpurārum |
| dative | purpurae | purpurīs |
| accusative | purpuram | purpurās |
| ablative | purpurā | purpurīs |
| vocative | purpura | purpurae |
Descendants
- English: purple
- French: pourpre
- German: Purpur
- Italian: porpora
- Portuguese: púrpura
- Romanian: purpură
- Russian: пурпур
- Spanish: púrpura
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