purpurarius

purpŭrārĭus, a, um, adj. [purpura].

• Of or belonging to purple, purple: officinae, manufactories of purple, Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46: taberna, Dig. 32, 1, 89: NEGOTIATOR ARTIS PVRPVRARIAE, Inscr. Orell. 4250.—
• II Substt.
• • A ‡ purpŭrārĭus, ĭi, m., a purple-dyer, Inscr. Orell. 4271 and 4272.—
  • B ‡ purpŭrārĭa, ae, f.
  • • 1 A purpledye house, Inscr. Orell. 2952.—
    • 2 A female dyer in purple, Vulg. Act. 16, 14.—
  • C Plur.: Purpŭrārĭae, ārum, f. (sc. insulae), two islands in the Atlantic, now Madeira and Porto Santo, Juba ap. Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 203.

purpurārius, a, um (purpura), zur Purpurarbeit-, zum Purpurhandel gehörig, Purpur-, I) adi.: officina, Plin.: taberna, ICt.: ars, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 5824. – II) subst.: A) purpurārius, iī, m., der Purpurfärber, Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 5276; 11, 6604 u. 14, 2433. Vgl. Gloss. ›purpurarius, πορφυροπώλης (Purpurhändler), πορφυροβάφος; (Purpurfärber)‹. – B) purpurāria, ae, f., die Purpurfärberin od. -händlerin, Vulg. act. apost. 16, 14.

purpurarius [CL] 1 that pertains to the production of purple fabric. erat in civitate matrona nobilis artis ~ie peritissima Ailr. Ed. Conf. 783B; femina ‥ operis texture scientia ~ia nobilis R. Cold. Cuthb. 74. 2 who wears purple (in quot. fig., w. ref. to Christ, symbolizing divine power). nec ‥ confundit eos celestis ille ~ius a spe sua J. Ford Serm. 78. 7.

1 purpŭrārĭus, a, um, qui concerne la pourpre : Plin. 35, 46.

2 purpŭrārĭus, ĭī, m. , teinturier en pourpre : Inscr.