The Latin word for purple is
purpura
Translations for purple and their definitions
| purpura | |
| 1. n. the purple-fish, a species of shellfish or mussel | |
| 2. n. the color purple | |
| 3. n. singular ablative of purpura | |
| 4. n. singular vocative of purpura |
| purpureus | |
| 1. adj. purple, including reddish, violet, and brownish | |
| 2. adj. clothed in purple | |
| 3. adj. (figuratively) brilliant, shining, beautiful |
| ostrum | |
| 1. n. the blood of the sea snail | |
| 2. n. the color purple |
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