purpureus adj., porfu/reos, purple-colored, purple, dark-red: toga: mare, i. e. dark.

—Poet., of many hues, red, dark, brown, violet, purple: flos rosae, H.: pannus, H.: aurora, rose-red, O.: rubor (oris), a rosy blush, O.: anima, i. e. blood, V.: lunae voltus, O.: sapa, O.: merum, O.: capillus, V.

— Clothed in purple, wearing purple: tyranni, H.: rex, O.: Purpureus pennis, i. e. with purple feathers upon his helmet, V.

—Brilliant, shining, bright, beautiful: olores, H.: lumen, V.: Amor, O.