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πορφύρ-α G4209
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1. sense 1
ARTIFACTS Artifacts Purple Fabric Dye
AR["أُرْجُوانٍ","أُرْجُوَانًا","أُرْجُوَانَ"]·ben["বেগুনি","বেগুনির"]·DE["Purpur","πορφύραν"]·EN["in-purple","of-purple","purple"]·FR["pourpre"]·heb["אַרְגָּמָן"]·HI["बैंगनी","बैंगनी-का"]·ID["kain-ungu","ungu"]·IT["porphuran","porphuras"]·jav["jubah-wungu","wungu"]·KO["자주색-옷과","자주색-옷을","자주색의"]·PT["de-púrpura","púrpura"]·RU["в-порфиру","порфиру","пурпура"]·ES["de-púrpura","púrpura"]·SW["urujuani","zambarau","zambarau,"]·TR["erguvan","mor","moru","morun"]·urd["ارغوانی","ارغوانی-کا"]

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BDB / Lexicon Reference
πορφύρ-α [], Ionic dialect πορφύρ-η, , purple-fish, Murex trunculus and Purpura haemastoma, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II purple dye obtained from it, Refs 7th c.BC+; used as an application, βρέξαντες ἐν [τῷ νάρδῳ] τὴν π. ἐπιτιθέναι Refs 4th c.AD+ __III ={πορφυρίς} 1, Refs 1st c.AD+: in plural, cloths of purple, πορφύρας πατῶν Refs 4th c.BC+: collectively in singular, κωμῳδοῖς.. πορφύραν εἰσφέρων, ὥσπερ