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depurgo

depurgo

to cleanse, clear, purge

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Where it lives

What it meant

dē-purgo — Lewis & Short

dē-purgo, no

I 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.—
II 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.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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