verb transitive

per-purgo

2nd PP per-purgāre · 3rd PP per-purgāvi · 4th PP per-purgātum · conj. 1st

(ante-class. , v. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 426 sqq.)

to cleanse; purge thoroughly; to make quite clean

to cleanse or purge thoroughly, to make quite clean.

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Lit.: alvum, Cato, R. R. 115: se, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127: perpurgata ulcera, Cels. 5, 26, n. 36: perpurigatis auribus, i. e. with the greatest attention, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179.—

to clear up; explain figuratively •

Trop., to clear up, explain: locus orationis perpurgatus ab iis, qui ante me dixerunt, Cic. Mur. 26, 54: crimina, id. Scaur. 8, 14; cf. id. Div. 2, 1, 2.—Absol.: de dote tanto magis perpurga, settle, arrange, Cic. Att. 12, 12, 1.

Perseus ID: n35405 Key: perpurgo