purpureus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /purˈpu.re.us/, [pʊrˈpʊreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /purˈpu.re.us/, [purˈpuːreus]

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

• purpura
• purpurāmentum
• purpurāria
• purpurārius
• purpurascō
• purpurātus
• purpurētica
• purpurissātus
• purpurissum
• purpurīticus
• purpurō

 

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.