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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• purple (adj.):
      1. 1. purpŭreus: p. colour or tint, p. colos (-or), Lucr. 6, 1073: p. dress or robe, p. vestis, p. pallium: the splendour of a p. robe, vestis splendorem purpureaī, id. 2, 51: quum iste cum pallio p. talarique tunica versaretur in conviviis muliebribus, Cic. Verr. 5, 13. Poet. (Eng. as well as Lat.) for a variety of tints, from rose-red to blue-black; and even gen. for splendid or beautiful: p. flos rosae, Hor. Od. 3, 15, 15: p. dawn, p. aurora, Ov. M. 3, 184: p. light, p. lumen, Virg. Aen. 6, 641: p. eyes, p. orbes, Val. Fl. 3, 198: p. blush, purpureus molli fiat in ore rubor, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 70. p. life-blood, purpuream vomit ille animam, Virg. Aen. 9, 349: poppies, papavera, Prop. 1, 20, 38: fig, ficus, Plin. 15, 18, 19: wine, mustum, id. 3, 15, 17: the sea (opp. to caeruleus, blue, and ravus, grey), mare illud, quod nunc Favonio nascente purpureum videtur, ... nobismetipsis modo caeruleum, Cic. Acad. 2, 33, 105. Meton., of persons: (Acron) with his purple crest, purpureum pennis et pactae conjugis ostro, Virg. Aen. 10, 722: p. tyrants (i. e. in all the pomp of their royal robes), te (Fortunam) Purpurei metuunt tyranni, Hor. Od. 1, 35, 12.
      2. 2. Greek forms: porphy̆rītis, ĭdis, f.: porphy̆rētĭcus and purpŭrĭtĭcus (used only of stones): p. red, the colour of porphyry, q. v.
      3. 3. ostrīnus: p. tints, ostrini colores, Plin. 9, 39, 64: p. cloth, ostrinum suppărum, Varr. in Non. 549, 12.
      4. 4. conchȳliātus: p. carpets, c. peristromata, Cic. Phil. 2, 27: a p. dress (p. cloth for dresses), c. vestis, Plin. 9, 39, 64.
      5. 5. purple or purpled, tinged with p. red (purpurissum), purpurissātus: cheeks, quiaque istas buccas tam belle purpurissatas habes, Pl. Truc. 2, 2, 35: genae, Apul. Apol. p. 323.
      6. 6. Ty̆rius, poet. Tyrios mirare colores, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18 clothed in a p. robe with a border of gold, indutus chlamydem Tyriam, quam limbus obibat Aureus, Ov. M. 5, 51: Tyrios laudabis amictus, id. A. A. 2, 297.