αλουργίδα

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek ἁλουργίς (halourgís) from the accusative singular ἁλουργίδα (halourgída). Also medieval term ἁλουργίδα (halourgída, “luxurious imperial robe”).

• IPA^(key): /a.luɾˈʝi.ða/
• Hyphenation: α‧λουρ‧γί‧δα

αλουργίδα • (alourgída) f (plural αλουργίδες)

1. (historical clothing) robe from cloth dyed with Tyrian purple, imperial purple, royal purple (Roman, especially Byzantine)
2. (clothing) such a luxurious purple robe (literary, or by extension)

• πορφύρα f (porfýra)

• αλουργίδα - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
• αλουργίδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• Πορφύρα (χρωστική) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el