52 Ori the ancient Names for Colour, partimlarly 



2. To the colour of the violet ; as in Virg. Georg. iii. 



" Violifi sublucet purpura nigrse." 



3. To the narcissus, as in f^irg. Eel. v. 38. 



" Pro molli viola, pro purpurea narcisso." 



4. To the colour of the sea, as in Firg, Georg. iv. 373,— 

 speaking of the Po, or Eridanus : 



quo non per pinguia cuUa 



In mare purpureiim violentior iufluit amnis." 



5. To the colour which is given to the green waves of the sea 

 {virides undce) by the rough wind ; as 



" Spiritus Eurorum virides quuin purpurat undas." 

 In which case purpurat may mean, 1st, that it gives the sea 

 that purple colour sometimes occurring in storms ; or, 2dly, that 

 it causes the brilliant white or silver colour of the frothy spumes 

 of the rough waves in the sun : the last sense is most likely, as 

 purple is applied. 



6. To the brilliancy of the sun and other luminous bodies in 

 general ; as 



" Purpureos inter soles, et Candida Lunae 

 Sydera.'' 



The word Trogfvgsog has in Greek a signification almost as 

 unlimited. 



7. To flowers in general, as if it signified only brilliancy, from 



the gaudy contrast of flowers to their leaves. 

 Candidus is applied, 



1 . To things fair or Ijeautifiil in the most general acceptation^ 



as to the constellation Taurus. 



" Candidus auratis aperit cum cornibus annum, 

 Taurus," &c. '^<'"t?- Georg. 



2. To the sun when high, either from its brightness or white- 

 ness in comparison with his disk in a horizontal position, 



" Candidas in sumnio est," &c. Ovid. 



Also, Solis candor frequently for the sun's bright light. 

 The word comes from candeo, to shine, and has no limited 

 meaning, as to colour, whatever. 



The word Cceruleus seems to have been derived from x-oiXag. 

 It is applied, 



1 . To the snake, perhaps from the blue colour of some par- 

 ticular snake. 



2. To the sea — Ccerula verrunt (remigio). See also mafty 

 passages wherein the ocean seems to be called cccruleus, 

 viridis, and pjirpureus, almost indifferently, as it ac- 

 corded 



