purgito

Latin

Etymology

From purgō +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

Verb

purgitō (present infinitive purgitāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to cleanse, purify
    • AD 4th C., Nonius Marcellus (author), W. M. Lindsay (editor), Dē compendiōsā doctrīnā (1903), page 279:
      Angiportus generis māsculīnī, ut aput multōs. Neutrī:
           Plautus Cistellāriā:
      quae quasi carnificis angiporta purgitāns
      The word angiportus is of masculine gender, as in the works of many. But neuter:
           Plautus in Cistellaria:
      who, as if cleansing the alleys of the butcher...

Conjugation

References

  • purgito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • purgito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.