πορφύρεος
porphyreos
heaving, surging
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πορφύρεος, η, ον, Att. πορφῠροῦς, ᾶ, οῦν, Aeol. πορφύριος 64, Supp. 11.2 (πόρφυρον ἄνθος is corrupt in 94, and πορφυρ[α] as neut. pl. (_⏑_) is found in Supp. 20a.9); -ύριος also in IG 5(1).1390.179 (Andania, i B.C.): I. in , 1. of the sea (cf. πορφύρω), heaving, surging, [χαράδραι] ἐς . . ἅλα πορφυρέην μεγάλα στενάχουσι ὁέουσαι Il. 16.391; ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα στείρῃ πορφύρεον μεγάλʼ ἴαχε νηὸς ἰούσης 1.482, Od. 2.428; π. κῦμα . . ποταμοῖο ἵστατʼ ἀειρόμενον Il. 21.326, cf. Od. 11.243; θάλασσα Alc.l.c. 2. of blood, gushing, αἵματι δὲ χθὼν δεύετο π. Il. 17.361; so, π. θάνατος onrushing death, of death in battle, 5.83, al. (but, π. θάνατος· ὁ μέλας καὶ βαθὺς καὶ ταραχώδης, ). 3. of the rainbow, Il. 17.547; to which a supernatural π. νεφέλη is compared, ib.551; perh. lurid. II. purple, of stuff, cloths, etc., π. φᾶρος Il. 8.221; χλαῖνα Od. 4.115; πέπλοι Il. 24.796; δίπλαξ 3.126, Od. 19.242; ῥήγεα Il. 24.645; τάπητες 9.200, Od. 20.151; σφαῖρα 8.373; χλάμυς 64; σπάργανα, πτερά, P. 4.114, 183; χλανίς, χιτών, 37.11, 17.52, cf. Pers. 317, 1.50, Or. 1457 codd. (lyr.), etc. 2. of human complexion, bright-red, rosy, flushing, π. Ἀφροδίτη 2.3; στόμα 72; παρῇδες 13; χείλη IG 3.1376. 3. purple-clad, in purple, Tim. 20. 4. neut. pl. πορφυρᾶ purple colour or purple spots, NA 17.33. 5. πορφυροῦν (sc. ἄνθος), τό, Woodfordia floribunda (an Indian shrub), Fr. 57.21. 6. Adv. -ῶς, στύφειν mordant for purple, 24.37.
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