LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

pūrgātiō

pūrgātiō f (genitive pūrgātiōnis)
Classical[puːrˈɡaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[purˈɡat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. purification, cleansing, purging

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Purgatio · Excusatio · Satisfactio

Purgatio consists, like justification, in clearing one’s self of a suspicion or accusation by proving it groundless; excusatio, like making an excuse, is acknowledging something wrong, but with the assertion of, or reference to, subjective innocence; satisfactio, like atonement, is the satisfaction made to the suffering, or injured party, in case of innocence, by purgatio or excusatio,—in case of guilt, by veniæ petitio or by pœna (vi. 293.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepūrgātiōpūrgātiōnēs
genitivepūrgātiōnispūrgātiōnum
dativepūrgātiōnīpūrgātiōnibus
accusativepūrgātiōnempūrgātiōnēs
ablativepūrgātiōnepūrgātiōnibus
vocativepūrgātiōpūrgātiōnēs

purgātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a cleansing, purging.
I. Lit.: cloacarum, Trajan. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 41 fin.: menstrua, the monthly courses of women, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 131; so, feminarum, id. 20, 9, 34, § 86; 20, 14, 53, § 148; 24, 13, 72, § 116; 30, 14, 44, § 129; Sen. Q. N. 3, 16: alvi, a purging, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; also simply purgatio, id. Fam. 16, 10, 1.—
II. Trop.
A. A religious purgation or purification from guilt, an expiation, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; Vulg. Heb. 1, 3.—
B. An apology, justification, Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 31, 94; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 12.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Italic*pūr?
  3. Latinpūrgātiō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ōder. Latin -igō Latin pūrgō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin pūrgātiō From pūrgō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishpurgation
  • Italianpurgazione
  • Irishpurgóidfrom Middle Irish purgóit

In English words that came into English from pūrgātiō

  • purgationpūrgātiō

Quick answers

What does pūrgātiō mean in Latin?
pūrgātiō, a noun, means “purification, cleansing, purging”.
What is the genitive of pūrgātiō?
The genitive singular is pūrgātiōnis. pūrgātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce pūrgātiō?
In classical Latin, [puːrˈɡaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [purˈɡat.t͡si.o].
Where does pūrgātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ → Proto-Italic *pūr? → Latin pūrgātiō.