purple (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Intrans. • purple (v.): I. Trans.: purpŭro, 1: to tinge with p., gen. poet., e. g. the waves, Spiritus Eurorum viridis cum purpurat undas, Fur. ap. Gell. 18, 11. II. Intrans.: grow or be p., or be purpled: said of light and flowers, Milton, Dryden, etc.: purpŭro, 1: the Latin word often requiring to be translated by the adj. or part., purple, purpling, purpled whose foliage is p. and gold, frondens quae purpurat auro, Col. 10, 201 (al. leg. frondet quae purpura et auro) the p.ing violets, purpurantes violae, Virg. Aen. 5, 160: paints the p.d (or purpling) year with flowers, purpurantem pingit annum floribus, Pervig. Ven. 12. Incept.: purpurasco, 3: unda purpurascit, Cic. Fr. ap. Non. 162, 31.