LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

purpurārius

purpurārius (feminine purpurāria, neuter purpurārium)
Classical[pʊr.pʊˈraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[pur.puˈraː.ri.us]
purpurāria sg. nom. f.; pl. nom. n.; pl. acc. n.; sg. abl. f.; sg. voc. f.; pl. voc. n.

Meaning

  1. adjectivepurple

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepurpurāriuspurpurāriapurpurārium
genitivepurpurāriīpurpurāriaepurpurāriī
dativepurpurāriōpurpurāriaepurpurāriō
accusativepurpurāriumpurpurāriampurpurārium
ablativepurpurāriōpurpurāriāpurpurāriō
vocativepurpurāriepurpurāriapurpurārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepurpurāriīpurpurāriaepurpurāria
genitivepurpurāriōrumpurpurāriārumpurpurāriōrum
dativepurpurāriīspurpurāriīspurpurāriīs
accusativepurpurāriōspurpurāriāspurpurāria
ablativepurpurāriīspurpurāriīspurpurāriīs
vocativepurpurāriīpurpurāriaepurpurāria

purpŭrārĭus, a, um, adj. id..
I. Of or belonging to purple, purple: officinae, manufactories of purple, Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46: taberna, Dig. 32, 1, 89: NEGOTIATOR ARTIS PVRPVRARIAE, Inscr. Orell. 4250.—
II. Substt.
A. † purpŭrārĭus, ĭi, m., a purple-dyer, Inscr. Orell. 4271 and 4272.—
B. † purpŭrārĭa, ae, f.
1. A purpledye house, Inscr. Orell. 2952.—
2. A female dyer in purple, Vulg. Act. 16, 14.—
C. Plur.: Purpŭrārĭae, ārum, f. (sc. insulae), two islands in the Atlantic, now Madeira and Porto Santo, Juba ap. Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 203.

Quick answers

What does purpurārius mean in Latin?
purpurārius, a adjective, means “purple”.
How do you pronounce purpurārius?
In classical Latin, [pʊr.pʊˈraː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pur.puˈraː.ri.us].