purgativus

purgātīvus, a, um, adj. [purgo],

• purgative, cathartic (post-class.): medicamina, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 19; id. Tard. 1, 1; 2, 1.

pūrgātīvus, a, um (purgo), reinigend, I) eig. (griech. καθαρτικός), medicamina, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 2, 19, 123 u.a. – II) übtr., entschuldigend, venia, Cur. Fortunat. art. rhet. 1. no. 16. p. 93, 32 H.

purgativus [LL] 1 that makes clean, frees from impurity (in quot. in fig. context). tu vas mellis, lactis uter, / scaturigo, fons et luter / purgativus sordium Walt. Wimb. Virgo 65. 2 (med.) purgative. cum medicina ‥ ~a Gilb. III 172v. 1; purgatur colera ‥ per omne ~um Bacon V 70n. 4. 3 that cleanses or purifies (spiritually). suoque fingebat igne novicias urere, suaque subluere limpha penaliter animas ~a Vedium E. Thrip. SS IV 24; semper michi post tribulacionem meorum criminum ~am exultacionem infundens Ric. Armagh AP 19.

pūrgātīvus, a, um (purgo) purgatif : C. Aur. Acut. 2, 19.