Vol. 10 No. 3 (1984): X - 1984, fascicolo 3
Articoli

A proposito dell’aggettivo πορφύρεος

Published 2016-09-19

Keywords

  • Greek language,
  • Greek semantics

Abstract

The original meaning of this adjective is ‘mobile’. Only from the 6th century BC it was semantically influenced by πορφύρα, thus changing its original meaning to ‘purple red’.