δ291Δευσοποιός
deep-dyed
In an exact sense it is the word applied to purple which retains the bloom of the dye permanently and indelibly; metaphorically speaking [it is applied] to everything else which retains its color permanently and in…
Δευσοποιός· κυρίως μὲν ἐπὶ τῆς πορφύρας λέγεται τὸ ὄνομα, τῆς ἔμμονον καὶ ἀνέκπλυτον ἐχούσης τὸ ἄνθος τῆς βαφῆς, ἐκ μεταφορᾶς δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων πάντων, τῶν ἐχόντων τὸ χρῶμα…
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