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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

pūrgātōrius

pūrgātōrius (feminine pūrgātōria, neuter pūrgātōrium)
Classical[puːr.ɡaːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[pur.ɡaˈtɔː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinadjectiveof or related to making clean, purificatory
  2. Late Latinadjectivecleansing, purgative, purgatory
  3. Late Latinadjectivefeminine(as the name of a herb)
  4. Late Latinadjectivecleansing the soul, the spirit

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepūrgātōriuspūrgātōriapūrgātōrium
genitivepūrgātōriīpūrgātōriaepūrgātōriī
dativepūrgātōriōpūrgātōriaepūrgātōriō
accusativepūrgātōriumpūrgātōriampūrgātōrium
ablativepūrgātōriōpūrgātōriāpūrgātōriō
vocativepūrgātōriepūrgātōriapūrgātōrium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepūrgātōriīpūrgātōriaepūrgātōria
genitivepūrgātōriōrumpūrgātōriārumpūrgātōriōrum
dativepūrgātōriīspūrgātōriīspūrgātōriīs
accusativepūrgātōriōspūrgātōriāspūrgātōria
ablativepūrgātōriīspūrgātōriīspūrgātōriīs
vocativepūrgātōriīpūrgātōriaepūrgātōria

purgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. cleansing, purgative, purgatory (post-class.): medicamentum, Symm. Ep. 6, 65.—Trop.: virtutes, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8: poenae, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 7: tormenta, id. ib. 21, 16.

Origins

From pūrgō (“to cleanse”) + -tōrius. Attested from about the 5th century.

Descendants
  • Catalanporgador
  • Spanishporgadero
  • Old Occitanporgador
  • Aragoneseporgador
  • Aragoneseporgadero

Quick answers

What does pūrgātōrius mean in Latin?
pūrgātōrius, a adjective, means “of or related to making clean, purificatory; cleansing, purgative, purgatory; cleansing the soul, the spirit”.
How do you pronounce pūrgātōrius?
In classical Latin, [puːr.ɡaːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pur.ɡaˈtɔː.ri.us].