purple . ( Of the lat. )( purple ). 1. f. Marine gastropod mollusk, whose shell, which is twisted and rough, has the mouth or opening wide or with a notch at the base. It secretes very short quantity yellow ink, which the contact of air takes green color, which is then changed into red more or less dark, purplish red or violated. 2. f. very expensive dye the ancients prepared with ink of several species of this mollusc or other similar. 3. f. fabric, of wool, dyed with this dye, which was part of own high sa vestments commonly cerdotes, consuls, emperors, Kings, etc. 4. f. posted red colour that pulls at violated. 5. f. garment, this color or red, which is part of the costume typical of emperors, Kings, Cardinals, etc. 6. f. dignity imperial, Royal, consular, Novara, etc. 7. f. poét. Human blood. 8. f. Heráld. Heraldic colour, that painting is represented by the violated and regular drawing by diagonal lines that, starting from the sinister Canton of the head, down to the opposite tip. 9. f. Med. Been morbid, characterized by bleeding, petechiae or ecchymosis. purple Casio. 1. f. gold very fine powder of brownish-red color, which becomes rush for solutions of their salts by means of reducing substances.