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purpuram

purpuram is a Latin form of purpura, meaning “purple; purple cloth, purple robe”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 25 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.59: … racusis Aeschrio, Cleomenes, Theomnastus, Helori Archonidas,—dies me citius defecerit quam nomina. ipse dabat purpuram, tantum operam amici. credo; iam enim non libet omnia criminari; quasi vero hoc mihi non satis sit ad crimen, …

Plautus, Aulularia 2.1.168: clámores, impéria, eburata véhicla, pallas, púrpuram,

All forms of purpura (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.