πορφύρ-εος, η, ον,
Attic dialect πορφῠροῦς, ᾶ, οῦν, Aeolic dialect πορφύριος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 64, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 11.2 (πόρφυρον ἄνθος is corrupt in 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 94, and πορφυρ[α] as _neuter_ _plural_ (¯ ?~X ¯) is found in 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 20a. 9)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; -ύριος also in [[ “IG” 5(1).1390.179 (Andania, 1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]:
__I in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.1 of the sea (compare πορφύρω), heaving, surging, [χαράδραι] ἐς.. ἅλα πορφυρέην μεγάλα στενάχουσι ὁέουσαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.391; ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα στείρῃ πορφύρεον μεγάλ᾽ ἴαχε νηὸς ἰούσης 1.482, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.428; π. κῦμα.. ποταμοῖο ἵστατ᾽ ἀειρόμενον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.326, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.243 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θάλασσα Alc. [prev. cited]
__I.2 of blood, gushing, αἵματι δὲ χθὼν δεύετο π. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.361 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so, π. θάνατος onrushing death, of death in battle, [[ 5.83, +others (but, π. θάνατος· ὁ μέλας καὶ βαθὺς καὶ ταραχώδης, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus). ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__I.3 of the rainbow, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.547; to which a supernatural π. νεφέλη is compared, [prev. work] 551 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; perhaps lurid.