puritas

pūrĭtas, ātis, f. [purus], cleanness, purity (post-class.).

• I Lit., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 11 fin.; of wine, Pall. 11, 14, 12.—
• II Trop.: vivendi, Capitol. Ver. 3: sermonis, Hier. Ep. 57; Vulg. Psa. 17, 21.

pūrĭtas, ātis, f. [pus],

• purulency (post-class.): sanguinis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 35.

1. pūritās, ātis, f. (purus), die Reinheit, I) eig., Pallad. 11, 14, 12. Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 11, 12. Hieron. epist. 15, 1: Plur., aquarum innoxiae puritates, Arnob. 5, 11. – II) übtr.: a) die sprachliche Reinheit, sermonis, Hieron. epist. 57, 2: Tulliana, ibid. 58, 8. – b) die moral. Reinheit, Unschuld, manuum mearum, Vulg. psalm. 17, 21: morum, Hieron. epist. 3. § 3: simplicitas ingenii puritasque vivendi, reiner (keuscher) Lebenswandel, Capit. Ver. 3, 7: quid ego huic puritati dignum rependo, Symm. epist. 3, 29.

2. pūritās, ātis, f. (pus), die Eiterung, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 5, 4, 135.

puritas [LL] 1 state or condition of freedom from admixture of extraneous matter, esp. from that which contaminates, physical cleanliness; b (of air or light); c (of metal or coin); d (w. ref. to a space cleared of obstructions). e (transf.) freedom from ceremonial or ritual contamination. quarta ‥ est sanguis in sua ~ate permanens, a ceteris humoribus depuratus Bart. Angl. IV 6; tertius et ultimus [gradus abstractionis] est omnino ab accidente ut consideretur substantia in sua ~ate Kilwardby OS 203.  b ~ati aeris claritas lucis proporcionatur Eul. Hist. II 13; cum ‥ albedinis essenciam tria constituant, viz., lucis multitudo, ejusdem claritas, et perspicui †pigritas [l. puritas] Bad. Aur. 149.  c omnis denarius haec tria debet habere: monetam, pondus, ~atem Anselm Misc. 305; ejus quippe metalli ~as pura est ejus oboedientia Simil. Anselmi 90; ars potest augmentare aurum in gradibus ~atis usque in infinitum Bacon NM 538; auri metallorum eximii, licet obsisi, ~as ignoratur, donec candentis camini illud probetur examine Fortescue NLN II 68.  d nemora ‥ in campestrem puritatem ‥ redacta Gir. TH III 2.  e a803 neque ‥ inmunditia ejus [sc. peccatricis mulieris] polluit mundum, sed ~as mundi purificavit inmundam Alcuin Ep. 245. 2 (of human faculty, action, or attribute) moral or ritual purity; b (vitae ~as); c (cordis ~as); d (w. ref. to thought or perception); e (fidei ~as); f (conscientiae ~as); g (w. ref. to sexual purity). pro adeptae integritatis clamide, qua angelicae ~atis liniamento velut domestica solidate adsciscebatur Aldh. VirgP 29; nam si intueamus in speculo ~atis et veritatis Lanfr. Cel. Conf. 625C; 1188 martyres esse meruerunt, adeo ut defunctorum corpora etiam Romani, ~atem cause intuentes ac conscientie, ad ecclesias suas certatim rapuerint Ep. Cant. 289; c1223 quoniam quidam laici laudabilem consuetudinem erga sanctam ecclesiam, pia devotione fidelium introductam, ex fermento heretice pravitatis nituntur infringere sub pretextu catholice ~atis Ch. Sal. 136; 1341 de vestris affeccione benigna, et benevolentie ~ate Lit. Cant. II 241; de ~ate morum, quam in scribis et phariseis lex exigebat Gardiner VO 84.  b illam tamen [religionem], quam artior commendat penitentia, quam vite ~as preradiare facit Peckham Paup. 16. 89; c1400 propter vite sue ~atem, sciencie claritatem FormOx 207; 1439 virtutes et merita [sc. archiepiscopi] considerentur attente: si sanctimonia, decor et ~as vite Bekynton I 40.  c et sui ~atem cordis simul atque operis ostendit, cum adjunxit ‘in simplicitate cordis mei ‥ feci hoc’ Bede Gen. 182D (cf. Gen. xx 5); o cordis illius sinceram ~atem Osb. V. Dunst. 23; qua ~ate cordis et corporis Christo inheserit ‥ Eadmer V. Osw. 7; ~atem cordis [ME: purte of heorte] AncrR 6.  d resurrectionis ejus mysteria digna mentis ~ate veneretur Bede Hom. II 3. 125; honoravit [sc. Christus] eum ‥ conferendo ei virginitatem, ~atem, et familiaritatem: virginitatem in corpore, ~atem in mente, familiaritatem in dulci et sincera erga seipsum dilectione Ad. Scot Serm. 301A; aurum ‥ in mysticis ad ~atem sensus, argentum vero ad eloquii refertur claritatem Alb. Lond. DG 9. 5; ista ‘~as’ non debet intelligi a vitiis ‥ sed ista ~as debet intelligi elevando intellectum ad considerandum veritates ut relucent in se Duns Ord. III 166–7.  e animis omnium fidei ~ate conpositis Bede HE I 18; a797 novas introducentes sectas, qui catholicae fidei ~atem impiis adsertionibus maculare nituntur Alcuin Ep. 74; catholice fidei corrumpere ~atem Ockham Dial. 548; 1384 orthodoxe fidei ~atem Ziz. 355; 1459 in fidei ~ate conserventur Mon. Hib. & Scot. 413b.  f conscientie sue ~atem Deo sacrificans W. Malm. GP I 47; c1330 consciencie vestre ~as offendatur Lit. Cant. I 306; 1408 de cujus ‥ consciencie ~ate plenam ‥ fiduciam reputamus [sic] Eng. Clergy 189.  g qui [sc. Joseph] ‥ tetrum tenebrosi carceris squalorem propter egregiam pudicitiae ~atem pateretur Aldh. VirgP 53; misericors Deus ‥ sanctum regem Edwardum in carnis ~ate custodivit Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 4; in ~ate virginitatis de hac vita migrasse pro certo creditur Ric. Hex. Hist. Hex. II 6. 3 (of language, rhetorical expression, or idea) state or condition of integrity or perfection. b (ligia ~as) condition of legally independent widowhood. a796 ut filios florere videam in conversationis ~ate et profectus diligentia Alcuin Ep. 34; cum abbate suo cenobium derelinquunt, pronuntiantes non posse regule ~atem custodiri in loco ubi et opum congeries et ciborum indigeries etiam reluctantem animum offocarent W. Malm. GR IV 335; librum ‥ habentem expressam et nitidam eloquentiam, crebrumque in sententiis cujus libri ~ate Theodosii purpuras illustravit Gros. Hexaem. proem. 1; tanta sermonis Latini ~ate More Ut. p. xcviii.  b c1240 ego ‥ vidua et in ligia ~ate mea existens concessi AncD A 481.

1 pūrĭtās, ātis, f. (purus), netteté, pureté : Pall. 11, 14, 12 || [fig.] Hier. Ep. 57, 2 ; 3, 3.

2 pūrĭtās, ātis, f. (pus), purulence : C. Aur. Chron. 5, 4, 135.