πορφυρίς
ίδος, ἡ
A.
purple garment or covering, X. Cyr. 2.4.6; distd. from φοινικίς, ib.8.3.3, cf. Poll. 7.55; π. θαλαττία Plb. 38.7.2; π. ἐξίτηλοι, opp.ἀληθιναί, X. Oec. 10.3, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.196, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 10, Nigr. 13,etc.
II.
a purple-coloured bird, τανύπτερος ὡς ὅκα π. Ibyc. 4, cf. Ar. Av. 304, Call. Fr. 100c2.
III.
= ἄγχουσα, Ps.-Dsc. 4.23.
2.
= ὠκιμοειδές, ib.28.