purgo

pūrgō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to render pure, clean, or clear; sē pūrgāre, to dissolve, disappear, 1.587. (pūrus and agō)

purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. for purigo, from purum ago], to make clean or pure, to clean, cleanse, purify (class.).

• I Lit.: oleam a foliis et stercore purgato, Cato R. R. 65, 1: cum falcibus purgarunt locum, cleared the place, freed it from bushes, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Liv. 24, 19: arva longis ligonibus, Ov. P. 1, 8, 59: domum muribus, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3: fossas, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236: proprios leniter ungues cultello, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51: cana labra, i. e. to clear or free from beard, Mart. 9, 28, 5: pisces, Ter. Ad. 376: segetes, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Absol.: levi sarculo purgare, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Mid.: purgor in amni, wash, Sil. 8, 125.—
• • • 2 In partic., in medic. lang., to cleanse by stool, vomiting, etc., to purge: quid scammoneae radix ad purgandum possit, Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Cato R. R. 157, 3: si is, qui saepe purgatus est, subito habet alvum suppressam, Cels. 2, 12: qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam, Hor. A. P. 302: se helleboro, Val. Max. 8, 7, 5 fin.: se per inferna aut vomitione, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—
  • B Transf.
  • • 1 To make even by clearing away, to level, Inscr. Murat. 582 fin.; cf.: purgare viam proprie dicitur ad libramentum proprium redigere, sublato eo quod supra eam esset, Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 1.—
    • 2 To clear away, remove: rudera, Suet. Vesp. 8: vermes clavo aëneo, Pall. 4, 10, 4: lapides, id. 3, 6: sordes, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383; cf.: scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum, melts away, Verg. A. 1, 587.—
    • • b In partic., in medicine, to remove or expel by purging, rinsing, etc., to heal, cure: purgatum te illius morbi, Hor. S. 2, 3, 27: pituitas, Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 188: fastidium lauri folio, id. 8, 27, 41, § 101: suppurationes, id. 23, 1, 16, § 24: tarditatem aurium, id. 23, 2, 28, § 59: succus purgat cicatrices et nubeculas (oculorum), id. 27, 12, 85, § 109.—
• II Trop., to cleanse, purify (syn. lustro).
• • A In gen.: pectora, Lucr. 6, 24: urbem, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10: amplissimos ordines contaminatos veteri neglegentiā purgavit, Suet. Vesp. 9: rationes, to clear up, settle, pay, id. Calig. 29.—
  • B To clear away, remove: metum doloris, Quint. 12, 2, 3.—
  • C In partic.
  • • 1 To clear from accusation, to excuse, exculpate, justify (syn. excuso): ut me purgarem tibi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28 (909): QVIBVS DE REBVS VOS PVRGAVISTIS ... QVOMQVE DE EIEIS REBVS SENATVEI PVRGATI ESTIS, S. C. de Tiburt. lin. 3 and 12 (ap. Grut. 499, 12): quod te mihi de Sempronio purgas, accipio excusationem, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3: cui se purgat, id. Or. 29, 230: ego me tibi purgo, id. Fam. 15, 17, 1; so, Caesarem de interitu Marcelli, id. Att. 13, 10, 3: si quis tibi se purgare volet, quod, etc., Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35: si parum vobis essem purgatus, Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17: velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum, ne, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 8; cf. id. B. G. 1, 28: ea pars epistulae tuae, per quam te ac mores tuos mihi purgatos ac probatos esse voluisti, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; Ter. Hec. 254: accedebant blanditiae virorum factum purgantium cupiditate atque amore, Liv. 1, 9 fin.: factum, Ov. P. 3, 2, 24: facinus, Curt. 7, 5, 39; 5, 12, 8: crimina, to disprove, Cic. Clu. 1, 3; Liv. 38, 48, 14; cf. probra, Tac. A. 4, 42: adulescentem crimine civilis belli, to acquit, id. ib. 3, 17: innocentiam suam, to vindicate, Liv. 9, 26: suspicionem, to remove, id. 28, 43: ea, quae ipsis obicerentur, to refute, id. 8, 23: purget miles, quod vicerit hostem, Sil. 7, 510: aliquem alicujus rei, Liv. 37, 28: se adversus alicujus criminationes purgare, Suet. Caes. 55: illi lacrimantes nunc purgare se, Curt. 5, 10, 11.—With acc. and inf.: laborare regem, ut purganti se nihil hostile dixisse aut fecisse, fides habeatur, Liv. 42, 14: qui purgarent nec accitos ab eo Bastarnas nec auctore eo quidquam facere, id. 41, 19.—
    • 2 To cleanse or purge from a crime or sin with religious rites, to make expiation or atonement for, to expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate, = expiare, lustrare (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): di patrii, purgamus agros, purgamus agrestes, Tib. 2, 1, 17: populos, Ov. F. 4, 640: myrtea verbena Romanos Sabinosque, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119: pontifices purgantes moenia, Luc. 1, 593: domus purgantur lustranturque, Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105. —With the crime or act as an object: nefas, Ov. M. 13, 952: crimen gladio, Luc. 8, 518; Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 13.
• —Hence, purgā-tus, a, um, P. a.
• • A Cleansed, purified, pure (poet.): auris, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7: somnia pituitā purgatissima, Pers. 2, 57: purgatioris auri vena, Mart. Cap. 1, § 7 (cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179 (774)).—
  • B Excused, exculpated: ita fiducia quam argumentis purgatiores dimittuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 310, 22, and ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 206.—
  • C Pure, freed from sin (eccl. Lat.): vota purgatiora, Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 2: purgatissima ecclesia, id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16: pietas, id. Ver. Rel. 1. —Hence, adv.: purgātē, purely: enucleate dicitur purgate, exquisite, Non. 60, 5.

pūrgo, āvī, ātum, āre (eig. purigo [s. unten] v. purus), I) im allg., rein machen, reinigen, säubern, 1) eig.: a) übh.: cloacam, ausfegen, Ulp. dig.: u. so lacunas cloacasque, Fronto: Augiae regis bobile, Hyg.: aurum, aurum septuplum (siebenfach), Augustin.: oleam a foliis et stercore, Cato: locum, urbar machen, Cic.: pisces, Ter.: viperam, ausweiden, Plin.: pira granis, entkernen, auskernen, Pallad.: u. so bl. prunum, Plin.: pira, sorba, Apic.: ungues, Hor. – b) insbes. als mediz. t. t.: α) reinigen, vulnus, Cels.: adustum locum aerugine et melle, Cels.: purgatum te illius morbi, von jener K. geheilt, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 27. – β) reinigen = abführen, se, Cels.: quid radix ad purgandum possit, Cic.: purgor bilem, ich reinige mich von der Galle, Hor. de art. poët. 302. – 2) übtr.: a) im allg.: p. urbem (von Verrätern), Cic.: exercitum missionibus (durch Entlassung) turbulentorum hominum, Liv.: amplissimos ordines... veteri neglegentiā, Suet.: purgata auris, zum Anhören geneigtes, für Warnung offenes, Hor. ep. 1, 1, 7. – b) insbes., moralisch reinigen, α) von der Beschuldigung = entschuldigen, rechtfertigen, se alci, sich bei jmd. entschuldigen, Q. Cic., Liv. u.a. (vgl. sui purgandi causā, Caes.): alqm de luxuria, Cic.: per litteras Caesarem de interitu Marcelli, Cic. ep.: civitatem omnis facti dictique hostilis adversus Romanos, wegen usw., Liv.: alqm crimine, freisprechen, Tac.: facinus, Curt.: culpam, Liv.: crimen, crimina, ablehnen, widerlegen, Cic. u. Liv.: innocentiam suam, sich über ihre U. rechtfertigen, Liv.: Tiberii dedecora, entschuldbar machen, Eutr. – se purgare m. folg. quod (daß), ut purgaret se, quod id temporis venisset, Liv. 1, 50, 8. – purg. mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., zur Entschuldigung od. Rechtfertigung anführen (vorbringen), Liv. 1, 9, 16; 24, 47, 6; 28, 37, 2 u.a. – β) von der Schuld, vom Fluche der Sünde usw. reinigen, heiligen, sühnen, populos, Ov.: domum, Plin.: nefas, Ov.: crimen gladio, Lucan.: litterae purgantes se culpā, Itin. Alex. 15 (39). – γ) wieder gut machen, malum facinus forti ac memorabili facinore, Liv. 23, 7, 6. – II) prägn.: A) reinigend gerade machen, ebnen, viam, Ulp. dig. 43, 11, 1. § 1: vias locaque publica, Lex Iul. munic. im Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 206. lin. 69. – bildl., rationem, ins reine bringen, berichtigen, bezahlen, Suet. Cal. 29, 2. – B) reinigend wegschaffen, wegräumer, aufräumen, rudera (den Schutt), Suet.: lapides, Pallad.: Augiae regis stercus bobile, Hyg.: stercus ab aede Vestae, Fest.: sordes, Claud.: pituitas, Plin. – bildl., metum doloris, Quint. 12, 2, 3. – ➳ Die urspr. Form purigo, Plaut. Amph. 945; aul. 753; merc. 738. Varro r. r. 2, 4, 14.

pūrgō, (9) āvī, ātum, āre (purigo, purus), tr., ¶ 1 nettoyer : Cic. Tusc. 5, 65 ; oleam a foliis Cato Agr. 65, 1, débarrasser lʼolive des feuilles ; proprios ungues Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51, se faire soi-même les ongles || [abs^t ] sarculo purgare Plin. 18, 241, essarter ¶ 2 [médec.] a) débarrasser : purgatus morbi Hor. S. 2, 3, 7, débarrassé dʼune maladie ; b) purger : ad purgandum Cic. Div. 1, 16, pour purger ; [poét.] purgor bilem Hor. P. 302, je me purge la bile ; se purgare aliqua re Plin. 25, 51, se purger au moyen de qqch. ; c) chasser, faire disparaître : pituitas Plin. 20, 188, chasser la pituite, cf. Plin. 8, 101 ; 23, 24 ¶ 3 [fig.] a) nettoyer, débarrasser : purga urbem Cic. Cat. 1, 10, purge, débarrasse la ville ; rationes purgare Suet. Cal. 29, apurer des comptes ; b) faire évacuer, faire disparaître, chasser : metum doloris Quint. 12, 2, 3, chasser la crainte de la douleur ¶ 4 a) justifier, disculper : aliquem de aliqua re Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3, justifier qqn au sujet de qqch. ; alicui se Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2, se justifier aux yeux de qqn, cf. Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 1 ; Att. 1, 19, 11 ; sui purgandi causa Cæs. G. 4, 13, 5, pour se justifier ; si parum essem vobis purgatus Cic. Phil. 14, 17, si je nʼétais pas assez justifié à vos yeux || aliquem crimine Tac. Ann. 3, 17 ; civitatem facti hostilis Liv. 37, 28, 1, justifier qqn dʼune accusation, la cité dʼun acte hostile ; se adversus aliquid Suet. Cæs. 55, se justifier à lʼégard de qqch. || [abs^t ] : non purgat Cic. Sulla 38, il nʼapporte pas de justification ; de luxuria purgavit Erucius Cic. Amer. 39, pour ce qui est du luxe, Érucius a fourni une justification || se purgare quod Liv. 1, 50, 8, se justifier de ce que || [avec prop. inf.] alléguer comme excuse que : Liv. 1, 9, 16 ; 24, 47, 6 ; 28, 37, 2, etc. ; b) [acc. de la chose dont on disculpe] : crimina Cic. Clu. 3 ; 143, balayer des accusations [en disculper lʼaccusé], cf. Liv. 39, 24, 10 ; facinus Curt. 7, 5, 39, se justifier dʼun crime ; suspicio haud sane purgata est Liv. 28, 43, 3, le soupçon nʼa pas été complètement lavé ; c) démontrer pour se justifier : innocentiam Liv. 9, 26, 17, pour se justifier, prouver son innocence ; d) purger dʼun crime, dʼune faute, purifier : Ov. F. 4, 640 ; Tib. 2, 1, 17 ; Plin. 25, 105 || expier, racheter : malum facinus forti facinore Liv. 23, 7, 6, racheter un acte mauvais par un acte courageux, cf. Ov. M. 13, 952.

➳ forme prim. purigo Varro R. 2, 4, 14 ; Pl. Merc. 738.

purgo , as, are.
拭淨。推故。脫罪。— cultello ungues 削指甲。— alvum 服泄肚藥。— se apud eum vel ei 于其前脫罪。— rationes 淸數。— crimina 脫罪。— arva ligonibus 鋤田。— pisces 刮魚鱗。— fastidium 治饜病。

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pūrgō āvī, ātus, āre

• purus+1 AG-, to free from what is superfluous, make clean, make pure, clean, cleanse, purify: piscīs ceteros purga, bone, T.: falcibus locum, cleared the ground: domum muribus, Ph.: educ omnīs tuos, purga urbem: miror morbi purgatum te illius, H.—To clear the body, purge: quid radix ad purgandum possit: Qui purgor bilem, purge myself of, H.—To clear away, remove: ligonibus herbas, O.: scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum, melts away, V.: Cultello unguīs, trim, H.—Fig., of persons, to clear from accusation, excuse, exculpate, justify: Sullam ipsius virtus purgavit: me tibi: Caesarem de interitu Marcelli: si sibi purgati esse vellent, Cs.: civitatem facti hostilis, L.—To remove, refute, repel, justify: Aut ea refellendo aut purgando vobis corrigemus, T.: factum, O.: facinus, Cu.: purgandis criminibus, by disproving: suspicionem, remove, L.: ea, quae ipsis obicerentur, refute, L.—To establish, vindicate, plead: innocentiam suam, L.: viri factum (esse) purgantes cupiditate atque amore, pleading in excuse, L.: purgantibus iis multitudinis concursu factum, L.—In religion, to make atonement for, expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate: populos, O.: nefas, O.