πορφύρ-α [ῠ],
Ionic dialect πορφύρ-η, ἡ, purple-fish, Murex trunculus and Purpura haemastoma, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 504, 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 23, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 528a10, +others, 4th c.BC: Speusippus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.86c; τρέφουσα.. πορφύρας ἰσάργυρον κηκῖδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 959. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II purple dye obtained from it, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 44, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847c; ἡ π. ἡ θαλαττία 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 45 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, etc.; π. βαθυτάτη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 4.36 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; used as an application, βρέξαντες ἐν [τῷ νάρδῳ] τὴν π. ἐπιτιθέναι [[ 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Eup.” 3.2. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III ={πορφυρίς} 1, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 23, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]: in plural, cloths of purple, πορφύρας πατῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 957 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: collectively in singular, κωμῳδοῖς.. πορφύραν εἰσφέρων, ὥσπερ οἱ Μεγαρεῖς [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1123a23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV purple stripe or other adornment of a garment, τῆς σκιᾶς τὴν π. πρῶτον ἐνυφαίνουσ᾽, εἶτα μετὰ τὴν π. τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν οὔτε λευκὸν οὔτε π. ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ αὐγὴ τῆς κρόκης κεκραμένη [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 561; ποτικεφάλαια.. μὴ ἔχοντα μήτε σκιὰν μήτε πορφύραν “IG” 5(1).1390.24 (Andania, 1st c.BC),compare “BGU” 1141.41 (1st c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 58, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).791] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. πλατεῖα, = Latin latus clavus, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.26.1, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 108 (_plural_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. alone, [[ “IGRom.” 3.1422 (from Prusias). ] Refs]