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porphyreus

porphyreus, ~ius [πορφύρεος, πορφύριος=purple] 1 made or consisting of porphyry, (lapis or marmor ~ius) porphyry. s900 mausoleum ipsius [Alfredi] constat factum de marmore porfirio pretiosissimo Chr. S. Neoti 143; est sepultus in concha ~ea miro opere sculpta Eul. Hist. I 270; sume Mercurium semel sublimatum et teratur in pulverem super ~ium lapidem cum duplo sui pondere de sale armoniaco Ripley 208; hos compegere porphyreos lapides (Vers.) Flete Westm. 113. 2 (as personal name) Porphyry. ~ius rabidus orientalis adversus ecclesiam canis Gildas EB 4; ut Simon, Arrius, et Porphirius Bede Prov. 949A; 754 librum Pyrpyri metri ideo non misi (Milred) Ep. Bonif. 112; in primo commento super Porphirium J. Sal. Met. 895B; dicit Boethius in secunda editione super Porphirium quod ‥ J. Blund An. 87; ut potest haberi a Porfirio Ib. 334.

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