repurgatio

repurgatio [CL repurgare+-tio], clearing away (of blemish or obstruction; in quot. transf. w. ref. to solar eclipse). eclipsim ipsam ex oriente vidimus inchoatam, et usque ad solarem terminum venientem, postea egredientem, et rursum non ex eodem et defectum et ~onem, sed ex contrario secundum diametrum factam (Ps.-Dion. Ep.) Bradw. CD 37C.

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