purpurasco

Latin

Etymology

purpura (purple) +‎ -scō (inchoative suffix).

Verb

purpurāscō (present infinitive purpurāscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (rare) to become purple; to be adorned

Conjugation

References

  • purpurasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • purpurasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • purpurasco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.