PURPLE Copy link • PURPLEThe color, purpura (general term): ostrum (the liquor used in dyeing): conchylium (purple color PROP. so called): color purpureus (a purple tint or hue). A purple garment, purpura; vestis purpurea; amictus purpureus; pallium purpureum clothed in purple, purpuratus; conchyliatus (Sen., Ep., 62, 2): to appear in gold and purple, insignem auro et purpura conspici. A dealer in purple garments, purpurarius (Inscript.; also, purple-dyer): to sell purple garments, negotium purpurarium exercere.