πορφύρω

πορφύρω [ῡ], poet. Verb, only pres. and impf., of the sea, ὡς ὅτε πορφύρῃ πέλαγος μέγα κύματι κωφῷ as when the huge sea A. heaves, surges, swirls with dumb swell (i.e. with waves that do not break), Il. 14.16, cf. Arat. 158, Artem. 2.23; ὑπὸ στείρῃσι θάλασσα πορφύρει Arat. 296; διάνδιχα νηὸς ἰούσης δίνῃ πορφύροντα διήνυσαν Ἑλλήσποντον A.R. 1.935; of flame, [φλόγα] φονίῳ σβέσεν αἵματι πορφύρουσαν Id. 4.668:—later in Med., κἂν ἡ γαλήνη πορφύροιτο even in a gently heaving calm, Him. Or. 31.2; εὔδια μὲν πόντος πορφύρεται AP 10.14 (Agath.). 2. metaph., πολλὰ δέ οἱ κραδίη πόρφυρε much was his heart troubled, Il. 21.551, cf. Od. 4.427,572, 10.309; though others take it trans., his heart brooded, pondered on many things, as in Q.S. 2.85, al., Epic. ap. Suid.: abs., ponder, A.R. 3.456; π. οἷον . . ib. 1161. II. after Hom., grow red, of a river, καὶ τὺ δὲ Κρᾶθι οἴνῳ πορφύροις mayʼst thou flush with wine, Theoc. 5.125 (= βλύζοις Sch., i.e. signf. I.1; prob. both senses are meant); τόσον ἄνθος χιονέαις πόρφυρε παρηΐσι Bion 2.19; αἰδοῖ π. παρήϊον Q.S. 14.47; πορφύρων βότρυς AP 9.249 (Maec.); δαίδαλα πορφύρων, of the tigerʼs skin, Opp. C. 3.347; of ringlets, ὑακίνθοις . . ὅμοια πορφύροντες Luc. Am. 26, cf. Him. Or. 1.19; γῆ π. ἄνθεσι ib.13.7. 2. trans., dye red, χεῖρας φόνῳ Nonn. D. 44.106:—Pass., [οἴνῳ] πορφύρετο πέτρη ib.45.308, etc. (πορφῠρ-yw, redupl., cogn. with Lat.fervere, fermentum, OE.beorm ‘barm, froth on fermenting malt liquors, yeastʼ; for the sequence of meanings cf. English flush (1) ‘flow suddenly in great volume’, (2) of blood, ‘rush to the cheeks’, (3) of the cheeks, etc., ‘become redʼ; cf. πορφύρεος.)