To cleanse

purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. for purigo, from purum ago], to make clean or pure, to clean, cleanse, purify (class.).

Lit.:

oleam a foliis et stercore purgato,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1: cum falcibus purgarunt locum, cleared the place, freed it from bushes, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Liv. 24, 19:

arva longis ligonibus,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

domum muribus,

Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

fossas,

Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

proprios leniter ungues cultello,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51: cana labra, i. e. to clear or free from beard, Mart. 9, 28, 5:

pisces,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22:

segetes,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.— Absol.:

levi sarculo purgare,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Mid.:

purgor in amni,

wash, Sil. 8, 125.—

In partic., in medic. lang., to cleanse by stool, vomiting, etc., to purge:

quid scammoneae radix ad purgandum possit,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

si is, qui saepe purgatus est, subito habet alvum suppressam,

Cels. 2, 12:

qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302:

se helleboro,

Val. Max. 8, 7, 5 fin.:

se per inferna aut vomitione,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

Transf.

To make even by clearing away, to level, Inscr. Murat. 582 fin.; cf.:

purgare viam proprie dicitur ad libramentum proprium redigere, sublato eo quod supra eam esset,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 1.—

To clear away, remove:

rudera,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vermes clavo aëneo,

Pall. 4, 10, 4:

lapides,

id. 3, 6:

sordes,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383; cf.:

scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum,

melts away, Verg. A. 1, 587.—

In partic., in medicine, to remove or expel by purging, rinsing, etc., to heal, cure:

purgatum te illius morbi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 27:

pituitas,

Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 188:

fastidium lauri folio,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 101:

suppurationes,

id. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

tarditatem aurium,

id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

succus purgat cicatrices et nubeculas (oculorum),

id. 27, 12, 85, § 109.—

Trop., to cleanse, purify (syn. lustro).

In gen.:

pectora,

Lucr. 6, 24:

urbem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

amplissimos ordines contaminatos veteri neglegentiā purgavit,

Suet. Vesp. 9:

rationes,

to clear up, settle, pay, id. Calig. 29.—

To clear away, remove:

metum doloris,

Quint. 12, 2, 3.—

In partic.

To clear from accusation, to excuse, exculpate, justify (syn. excuso):

ut me purgarem tibi,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28:

QVIBVS DE REBVS VOS PVRGAVISTIS... QVOMQVE DE EIEIS REBVS SENATVEI PVRGATI ESTIS, S. C. de Tiburt. lin. 3 and 12 (ap. Grut. 499, 12): quod te mihi de Sempronio purgas, accipio excusationem,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3:

cui se purgat,

id. Or. 29, 230:

ego me tibi purgo,

id. Fam. 15, 17, 1; so,

Caesarem de interitu Marcelli,

id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

si quis tibi se purgare volet, quod, etc.,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35:

si parum vobis essem purgatus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8; cf. id. B. G. 1, 28:

ea pars epistulae tuae, per quam te ac mores tuos mihi purgatos ac probatos esse voluisti,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12:

accedebant blanditiae virorum factum purgantium cupiditate atque amore,

Liv. 1, 9 fin.:

factum,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 24:

facinus,

Curt. 7, 5, 39; 5, 12, 8:

crimina,

to disprove, Cic. Clu. 1, 3; Liv. 38, 48, 14; cf.

probra,

Tac. A. 4, 42:

adulescentem crimine civilis belli,

to acquit, id. ib. 3, 17:

innocentiam suam,

to vindicate, Liv. 9, 26:

suspicionem,

to remove, id. 28, 43:

ea, quae ipsis obicerentur,

to refute, id. 8, 23:

purget miles, quod vicerit hostem,

Sil. 7, 510:

aliquem alicujus rei,

Liv. 37, 28:

se adversus alicujus criminationes purgare,

Suet. Caes. 55:

illi lacrimantes nunc purgare se,

Curt. 5, 10, 11.—With acc. and inf.:

laborare regem, ut purganti se nihil hostile dixisse aut fecisse, fides habeatur,

Liv. 42, 14:

qui purgarent nec accitos ab eo Bastarnas nec auctore eo quidquam facere,

id. 41, 19.—

To cleanse or purge from a crime or sin with religious rites, to make expiation or atonement for, to expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate, = expiare, lustrare ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

di patrii, purgamus agros, purgamus agrestes,

Tib. 2, 1, 17:

populos,

Ov. F. 4, 640:

myrtea verbena Romanos Sabinosque,

Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:

pontifices purgantes moenia,

Luc. 1, 593:

domus purgantur lustranturque,

Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105. —With the crime or act as an object: nefas, Ov. M. 13, 952:

crimen gladio,

Luc. 8, 518; Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 13.—Hence, purgā-tus, a, um, P. a.

Cleansed, purified, pure ( poet.):

auris,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:

somnia pituitā purgatissima,

Pers. 2, 57:

purgatioris auri vena,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 7 (cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179).—

Excused, exculpated: ita fiducia quam argumentis purgatiores dimittuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 310, 22, and ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 28.—

Pure, freed from sin (eccl. Lat.):

vota purgatiora, Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 2: purgatissima ecclesia,

id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

pietas,

id. Ver. Rel. 1. —Hence, adv.: purgātē, purely:

enucleate dicitur purgate, exquisite,

Non. 60, 5.

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dē-faeco ( dēfēco, or defīco; cf. Ritschl ad Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 2), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [faex], to cleanse from dregs; to refine, purify, defecate, clarify (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vinum,

Col. 12, 33; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

vindemiam,

Vulg. Isa. 25, 6.—

In gen., to cleanse, purify, wash:

se,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 2:

membra,

Prud. Cath. 7, 74:

aërem,

Veg. Vet. 1, 20, 3. —

Trop., to purify; to make clear, serene; to set at ease:

quicquid incerti mi in animo prius aut ambiguum fuit, nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 70:

animus purgatus defaecatusque,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8:

mens,

id. ib. 2, 12:

literae defaecandae,

Sid. Ep. 1, 1:

caro ab omni defaecata labe vitiorum,

Ambros. in Luc. 7, 141 fin.:

nunc defaecato demum animo egredior domo,

undisturbed, serene, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 1.— P. a.: dēfaecātus, a, um. — Comp.:

caelum defaecatius ab omni labe,

Ambros. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8;

vindemiae,

refined, Vulg. Isa. 25, 6.

dē-faeco ( dēfēco, or defīco; cf. Ritschl ad Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 2), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [faex], to cleanse from dregs; to refine, purify, defecate, clarify (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vinum,

Col. 12, 33; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

vindemiam,

Vulg. Isa. 25, 6.—

In gen., to cleanse, purify, wash:

se,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 2:

membra,

Prud. Cath. 7, 74:

aërem,

Veg. Vet. 1, 20, 3. —

Trop., to purify; to make clear, serene; to set at ease:

quicquid incerti mi in animo prius aut ambiguum fuit, nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 70:

animus purgatus defaecatusque,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8:

mens,

id. ib. 2, 12:

literae defaecandae,

Sid. Ep. 1, 1:

caro ab omni defaecata labe vitiorum,

Ambros. in Luc. 7, 141 fin.:

nunc defaecato demum animo egredior domo,

undisturbed, serene, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 1.— P. a.: dēfaecātus, a, um. — Comp.:

caelum defaecatius ab omni labe,

Ambros. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8;

vindemiae,

refined, Vulg. Isa. 25, 6.

dē-faeco ( dēfēco, or defīco; cf. Ritschl ad Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 2), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [faex], to cleanse from dregs; to refine, purify, defecate, clarify (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vinum,

Col. 12, 33; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

vindemiam,

Vulg. Isa. 25, 6.—

In gen., to cleanse, purify, wash:

se,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 2:

membra,

Prud. Cath. 7, 74:

aërem,

Veg. Vet. 1, 20, 3. —

Trop., to purify; to make clear, serene; to set at ease:

quicquid incerti mi in animo prius aut ambiguum fuit, nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 70:

animus purgatus defaecatusque,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8:

mens,

id. ib. 2, 12:

literae defaecandae,

Sid. Ep. 1, 1:

caro ab omni defaecata labe vitiorum,

Ambros. in Luc. 7, 141 fin.:

nunc defaecato demum animo egredior domo,

undisturbed, serene, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 1.— P. a.: dēfaecātus, a, um. — Comp.:

caelum defaecatius ab omni labe,

Ambros. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8;

vindemiae,

refined, Vulg. Isa. 25, 6.

dē-faeco ( dēfēco, or defīco; cf. Ritschl ad Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 2), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [faex], to cleanse from dregs; to refine, purify, defecate, clarify (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vinum,

Col. 12, 33; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

vindemiam,

Vulg. Isa. 25, 6.—

In gen., to cleanse, purify, wash:

se,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 2:

membra,

Prud. Cath. 7, 74:

aërem,

Veg. Vet. 1, 20, 3. —

Trop., to purify; to make clear, serene; to set at ease:

quicquid incerti mi in animo prius aut ambiguum fuit, nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 70:

animus purgatus defaecatusque,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8:

mens,

id. ib. 2, 12:

literae defaecandae,

Sid. Ep. 1, 1:

caro ab omni defaecata labe vitiorum,

Ambros. in Luc. 7, 141 fin.:

nunc defaecato demum animo egredior domo,

undisturbed, serene, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 1.— P. a.: dēfaecātus, a, um. — Comp.:

caelum defaecatius ab omni labe,

Ambros. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8;

vindemiae,

refined, Vulg. Isa. 25, 6.

dē-purgo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to clean out, cleanse (rare):

prata,

Cato R. R. 50, 1:

acina,

id. ib. 112, 2:

terram ab herba,

id. 151:

caules lactucae,

Col. 12, 9, 1:

sordes,

id. 9, 14, 13:

pisces,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 35.—

Esp. as med. t. t., to cleanse, clear, purge:

eas partes ex quibus sputa feruntur,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 110; so absol.:

aquae genus, quod potionibus depurgat,

Vitr. 8, 3, 5.

dē-tergĕo, si, sum, 2 (also post-class.:

detergis,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 191: detergunt, id. ap. Eutr. 2, 375:

detergantur,

Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21; Ap. Mag. 59, p. 312, 26; Sen. Ep. 47, 4, v. tergeo), v. a.

To wipe off, wipe away (class.).

Lit.:

sudorem frontis brachio,

Suet. Ner. 23; cf.:

lacrimas pollice,

Ov. M. 13, 746; cf.:

teneros fletus stamine,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 375:

araneas,

Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.— Poet.:

nubila,

i. e. to drive away, remove, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 15; cf. sidera, to drive or chase away, Cic. Arat. 246.—

Transf., to cleanse by wiping, to wipe off, wipe clean, to clean out:

caput pallio,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 20:

labra spongiā,

Col. 6, 9, 2; cf.:

se linguā,

id. 6, 6, 1:

frontem unguento,

Petr. 47, 1:

falces fibrina pelle,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 265:

cloacas,

Liv. 39, 44; cf. Suet. Aug. 18.—Comic:

mensam,

i. e. to clear, to empty, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 2.—

Trop.

To take away, remove:

fastidia,

Col. 8, 10, 5: somnum, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 27.—

To cleanse, purge:

animum helleboro,

Petr. 88, 4;

secula foedo victu,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 1, 191.—

In colloq. lang., of money:

primo anno LXXX. detersimus,

have swept off, got, Cic. Att. 14, 10, 6.—

To strip off, break off; to break to pieces:

remos,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58; Liv. 28, 30 fin.:

pinnas asseribus falcatis,

id. 38, 5:

palmites,

Col. 4, 27 fin.

mundo, āre, v. a. [1. mundus], to make clean, to clean, cleanse (post-Aug.;

syn.: purgo, emendo): mundatur nitro,

Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 103:

praesepia mundanda curare,

Col. 12, 3:

perlui et mundari,

Mamert. Grat. Act. 9 fin. —

Transf. (eccl. Lat.), to cleanse, make clean.

Ceremonially, according to the Levitical law of uncleanness:

et purificabis eos (sc. Levitas),

Vulg. Num. 8, 6.—

Spiritually, from sin:

ab occultis meis munda me,

Vulg. Psa. 19, 12:

mundemus nos ab omni inquinamento earnis et spiritūs,

id. 2 Cor. 7, 1.—Hence, mundātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, clean (late Lat.); in comp.:

quam sim ab illā peste mundatior,

Aug. Conf. 10, 37.

pŭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root pu, to cleanse; whence putus, puteus, purus, etc.], to clean, cleanse (in the lit. sense very rare; in the trop. very freq.).

Lit.

In gen.:

vellus lavare ac putare,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18: pensa lana putata, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39, 1 dub. (al. picare): aurum quoque putatum dici solet, id est expurgatum, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. putus, p. 216 Müll.—

In partic., to trim, prune, or lop trees or vines:

vineas arboresque falce putare,

Cato, R. R. 32 init.; 33, 1:

vitem,

Verg. G. 2, 407; Just. 43, 4, 2:

parcendum vitibus et ideo anguste putandum,

Col. 4, 24, 21; id. Arb. 10, 1; Pall. 3, 12, 1; cf.: putatae vites et arbores, quod decisis impedimentis remanerent purae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 216 Müll.; so, too, in the foll., the passage from Gell. 6, 5, 6:

olivetum,

Cato, R. R. 44:

arborem latius, strictius,

Pall. 1, 6:

vineam,

Vulg. Lev. 25, 3; id. Isa. 5, 6.—

Trop., to clear up, set in order; to arrange, settle, adjust.

In gen.: rationem or rationes, to hold a reckoning, reckon together, settle accounts:

putare veteres dixerunt vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessaria aut etiam obstantia et aliena auferre et excidere, et, quod esset utile ac sine vitio videretur, relinquere. Sic namque arbores et vites et sic etiam rationes putari dictum,

Gell. 6, 5, 6 sq.:

vilicus rationem cum domino crebro putet,

Cato, R. R. 5, 3:

rationes,

id. ib. 2, 5:

putatur ratio cum argentario,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 52:

rationes cum publicanis putare,

Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1:

ideo ratio putari dicitur in quā summa fit pura,

Varr. L. L. 5, 9.—

Transf.:

quom eam mecum rationem puto,

think over, consider, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 25.—

In partic.

To reckon, count, compute a thing:

colliciares (tegulae) pro binis putabuntur,

will be counted, Cato, R. R. 14, 4; cf.:

si numerus militum potius quam legionum putatur,

Tac. H. 3, 2.—

Transf.

To believe in, regard:

id ipsum est deos non putare, quae ab iis significantur contemnere,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104.—

To reckon, value, estimate, esteem a thing as any thing (= aestimare):

aliquid denariis quadringentis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

magni putare honores,

id. Planc. 4, 11:

cum unum te pluris quam omnes illos putem,

id. Att. 12, 21, 5:

parvi,

Cat. 23, 25:

tantique putat conubia nostra,

Ov. M. 10, 618.—

To reckon, deem, hold, consider, count, esteem, etc.:

aliquem nihilo,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24: aliquid pro certo, Matius et Trebat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, A fin.:

pro nihilo,

Cic. Mil. 24, 64:

imperatorem aliquo in numero putare,

id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 37.—With two acc.:

turpem putat lituram,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 167:

id nil puto,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 27; id. Ad. 1, 2, 19; 5, 4, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 84; 2, 2, 54; id. C. 4, 11, 30:

hominem prae se neminem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135.—

To ponder, consider, reflect upon a thing:

dum haec puto,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 4:

in quo primum illud debes putare,

Cic. Planc. 4, 10:

multa putans,

Verg. A. 6, 332: cum aliquo argumentis, to consider or investigate maturely, to argue, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 45.—

Transf. (as the result of consideration), to judge, suppose, account, suspect, believe, think, imagine, etc. (cf.:

arbitror, opinor, censeo): verbum quoque ipsum puto, quod declarandae sententiae nostrae causā dicimus, non signat profecto aliud, quam id agere nos in re dubiā obscurāque, ut decisis amputatisque falsis opinionibus, quod videatur esse verum et integrum et incorruptum, retineamus,

Gell. 6, 5, 8:

aliquis forsan me Putet non putare hoc verum,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 1:

recte putas,

id. ib. 1, 1, 114:

rem ipsam putasti,

you have hit the precise point, id. Phorm. 4, 5, 6:

nec committere, ut aliquando dicendum sit, Non putaram,

I should not have imagined that, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81; id. Ac. 2, 18, 56:

Cyprus insula et Cappadociae regnum tecum de me loquentur, puto etiam regem Deiotarum,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 15:

noli putare, me maluisse, etc.,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 15, 7; id. Fam. 9, 16, 2; id. Att. 12, 18, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

Numidae remorati dum in elephantis auxilium putant,

Sall. J. 53, 3: stare putes;

adeo procedunt tempora tarde,

one would suppose, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5; id. H. 11, 85:

acies mea videt aut videre putat,

id. ib. 18, 32:

hanc virtutem vestram ultra periculis obicere nimis grande vitae meae pretium puto,

Tac. A. 2, 47; Nep. Paus. 3, 7.—Parenthetically, Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 3, 3; Cic. Att. 8, 9, 4; 7, 8, 5; 9, 9, 3;

10, 16, 3: atque intra, puto, septimas Calendas,

Mart. 1, 100, 6.—Ironically, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 2:

ut puto, deus fio,

as I think, in my opinion, Suet. Vesp. 23 fin.; Ov. A. A. 1, 370: non, puto, repudiabis, etc., [p. 1496] I think, I suppose, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. —With gen.:

quaecumque sunt in omni mundo, deorum atque hominum putanda sunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154.—Elliptically, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1; cf. id. ib. 15, 4, 15; id. Fin. 5, 24, 76; Sen. Ep. 76, 11; Tac. Or. 33. —Hence, pŭtă, imper., suppose, for instance, for example, namely ( poet. and postAug.):

Quinte, puta, aut Publi,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 32:

puta, tibi contigisse, ut oculos omnium effugias,

Lact. 6, 24, 17:

puta te servum esse communem,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19, 4; 4, 25, 13; id. Clem. 1, 26, 2; id. Ben. 3, 41, 1; 5, 8, 6:

si ille, puta, consul factus fuerit,

Dig. 28, 5, 23:

hoc, puta, non justum est,

Pers. 4, 9; cf. Prisc. p. 1007 P.:

ut puta (sometimes also written as one word, utputa),

as for instance, as for example, Sen. Q. N. 2, 2, 3:

ut puta novum crimen,

Quint. 11, 3, 110; 7, 1, 14; Cels. 5, 26, 51 fin.; Sen. Ep. 47, 15.

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