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Purpura   Listen
noun
Purpura  n.  
1.
(Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.
2.
(Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.





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... recessit Regia, fulgenti splendent auro atque argento. Candet ebur soliis, collucent pocula mensae, 45 Tota domus gaudet regali splendida gaza. Pulvinar vero divae geniale locatur Sedibus in mediis, Indo quod dente politum Tincta tegit roseo conchyli purpura fuco. Haec vestis priscis hominum variata figuris 50 Heroum mira virtutes indicat arte. Namque fluentisono prospectans litore Diae Thesea cedentem celeri cum classe tuetur Indomitos in corde gerens Ariadna furores, Necdum etiam sese quae visit visere credit, ...
— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus • Caius Valerius Catullus


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