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Latin
Etymology
From purgō + -tō.
Pronunciation
Verb
purgitō (present infinitive purgitāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
- to cleanse, purify
- AD 4th C., Nonius Marcellus (author), W. M. Lindsay (editor), Dē compendiōsā doctrīnā (1903), page 279:
- Angiportus generis māsculīnī, ut aput multōs. Neutrī:
Plautus Cistellāriā:
quae quasi carnificis angiporta purgitāns
- The word angiportus is of masculine gender, as in the works of many. But neuter:
Plautus in Cistellaria:
who, as if cleansing the alleys of the butcher...
Conjugation
References
- “purgito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- purgito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.