purgito

purgĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [purgo], to cleanse, purify, purge (Plautin.). *

• I Lit.: carnificis angiporta purgitans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 190, 10.—*
• II Trop., to excuse one's self, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 23 (753).