dē-purgo
Meaning
- to clean out, cleanse
dē-purgo, no
I. perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to clean out, cleanse (rare):
prata, Cato R. R. 50, 1: acina, id. ib. 112, 2: terram ab herba, id. 151: caules lactucae, Col. 12, 9, 1: sordes, id. 9, 14, 13: pisces, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 35.—II. Esp. as med. t. t., to cleanse, clear, purge:
eas partes ex quibus sputa feruntur, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 110; so absol.: aquae genus, quod potionibus depurgat, Vitr. 8, 3, 5.In English words that came into English from dē-purgo
- depurgatorydēpurgō