αλουργίδα

See also: ἁλουργίδα

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek ἁλουργίς (halourgís) from the accusative singulaur ἁλουργίδα (halourgída). Also medieval term ἁλουργίδα (halourgída, “luxurious imperial robe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.luɾˈʝi.ða/
• Hyphenation: α‧λουρ‧γί‧δα

Noun

αλουργίδα • (alourgída) f (plural αλουργίδες)

1. (historical clothing) robe from cloth dyed with Tyrian purple, imperial purple, royal purple (Roman, especially Byzantine)
2. (clothing) such a luxurious purple robe (literary, or by extension)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	αλουργίδα (alourgída)	αλουργίδες (alourgídes)
genitive	αλουργίδας (alourgídas)	αλουργίδων (alourgídon)
accusative	αλουργίδα (alourgída)	αλουργίδες (alourgídes)
vocative	αλουργίδα (alourgída)	αλουργίδες (alourgídes)

Synonyms

• πορφύρα f (porfýra)

Further reading

• αλουργίδα - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
• αλουργίδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• Πορφύρα (χρωστική) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el