povrrw, -wqen, -wtevrw, -wqen , v. sub provsw , provswqen .
porsaivnw
porsaivnw , v. porsuvnw .
povrsiØon, povrsista , v. sub provsw .
porsuvnw
porsuvnw »u<Eth>1/4 : f. -uØnw` , Ep. -uØnevw : also porsaivnw , Ep. f. -anevw :( * povrw ):— to offer, present what one has prepared, in Hom. of the wife preparing her husbands bed.
II. generally, to make ready, prepare, provide, Soph ., Eur. , etc. :— Med. to provide for oneself, get ready, Aesch.
2. of evils, ejcqroi`" p. ejcqrav Id.; p. toi`" polemivoi" kakav Xen .: —Pass ., ejporsuvnqh kakav Aesch.
3.
to arrange, adjust, manage,
p. ta; tou` qeou`
Hdt
.;
tavde
Soph
.,
etc.
III.
to treat with care, tend,
Pind
.,
etc.
povrsw
povrsw , v. sub provsw .
povrtax , a±ko", hJ , = povrti" , a calf, Il.
portiv
portiv , v. protiv .
PO vRT ØIS , io", hJ , a calf, young heifer, Il., Soph. :— a young cow, Theocr ., Mosch.
portitrovfo"
porti-trovfo" , on , ( trevfw ) nourishing calves, h. Hom.
porfuvra
porfuvra »uØ1/4 , Ion. -rh , hJ , ( porfuvrw ) the purple-fish, Lat. murex , Aesch.
II.
purple dye, purple,
Hdt.
III.
=
porfuriv"
,
purple raiment,
Aesch.
porfuvreo"
porfuvreo" , h, on , Att. -ou`" , a`, ou`n :
I.
Homeric usage (from
porfuvrw
),
1.
of the swoln sea,
darkgleaming, dark;
so,
p. nefevlh
.
2.
of blood, Il.;
p. qavnato"
, of death in battle, Ib.
3.
of stuff, cloths,
etc.
,
dark, russet.
4.
of the rainbow, prob.
bright, lustrous;
and of serpents
glittering.
—
Hom.
seems not to have known the
porfuvra
, so that the word does not imply any definite colour.
II.
after
Hom.
(from
porfuvra
)
dark red, purple
or
crimson,
Pind
.,
Hdt.
,
Trag.
2.
purple-clad, in purple,
Luc.