purpuro , āvī, ātum, āre (purpura), I) tr., purpurfarbig machen, 1) eig.: virides undas, dunkelbraun schillern lassen, Fur. b. Gell. 18, 11, 4: purpurati nimium ocelli, Mart. Cap. 9. § 918: ...
purpurāsco , ere (purpuro), purpurn werden, eine dunkelrote Farbe annehmen, mare purpurascit, Cic. Acad. lib. 2. fr. 7 Kays. u. Muell. (b. Non. 162, 29): vitis... purpurascere coepit, Vopisc. Flor. 4, 3 ...