πόρπη

A. = περόνη, brooch, clasp for fastening dresses, esp. on the shoulders; used for piercing the eyes, E. Ph. 62, Hec. 1170: mostly pl., of the fastenings for women's dresses, Il. 18.401, h.Ven. 163, E. El. 318, etc.; worn as emblem of rank by συγγενεῖς τῶν βασιλέων, LXX 1 Ma. 10.89; by a Roman officer,=fibula, IGRom. 1.1299 (Egypt); of a hair-clasp, Luc. Dom. 7.