PURPLE  , a See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour-name, now given to a shade varying between See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson and See also:

• VIOLET

violet . Formerly it was used, as the origin of the name shows, of the deep crimson colour called in Latin See also:

• PURPURA

purpura, purpureus and in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek irop4iupa, 7rop4djxoS (from aoprOpecv, to grow dark, especially used of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea) . This was properly the name of the shellfish (Purpura, Murex) which yielded the famous Tyrian dye, the particular See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of the See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress of emperors, See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief magistrates and other dignitaries, whence " the purple " still signifies the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of emperors or kings . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of porphyrogenitus (Gr. rrop¢upo,rivvq-See also:

• ROS, or DE
• ROS, SIR RICHARD (b. 1429)

ros) was See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne particularly by See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine VII., See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, but was also used generally of those See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of the Byzantine imperial See also:

• FAMILY

family . This title, generally translated " born in the purple," either refers to the purple See also:

• ROBES (Fr. robe, Late Lat. roba, raupa, meaning (1)

robes in which the imperial See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children were wrapped at See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, or to a chamber or See also:

• PART

part of the imperial See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, called the Porphyra (2r6p4upa), where the births took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . Whether this Porphyra signified a chamber with purple hangings or lined with See also:

• PORPHYRY (IlopcPisptos) (A.D. 233-c. 304)

porphyry is not known (see See also:

• SELDEN, JOHN (1584–1654)

Selden, Titles of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour, ed . 1672, p . 6o seq.) .