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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- purgāmentum, i, n. [id.]. I. What is swept or washed off, sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt:
cloacam maximam, receptaculum omnium purgamentorum urbis
, Liv. 1, 56: hortorum
, Tac. A. 11, 32: cenae in pavimento
, Plin. 36, 25, 60, 184: ceparum
, id. 20, 5, 20, 41: oris
, Sen. Const. 2 fin.: sanguinis
, Plin. 11, 37, 74, 192.—As a term of reproach, refuse, dregs, filth, offscouring, outcast, Petr. 74; Curt. 6, 11, 2; 10, 2, 7: purgamenta pro frugibus creat humus palustris
, weeds
, Sen. Ep. 73, 16.—B. Transf., washings, that which is washed up: purgamenta freti aestuantis
, i.e. pearls
, Col. 8, 9, 19: tanquam purgamenta hujus mundi
, Vulg. 1 Cor. 4, 13.—II. A means of purgation, purification, or expiation, an expiatory sacrifice, Petr. 134, 1.
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