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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 4 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• cleanse:
      1. 1. purgo, 1: to c. from eaves and ordure, a foliis et stercore p., Col. Fig: to c. the bosom, pectora p., Lucr.: v. to clear, clean. So the compounds, (i.) perpurgo, to c. thoroughly: Cic.: Cels. (ii.) expurgo, to c. out: Plin. (iii.) dēpurgo = expurgo or intens. of purgo: Pl.: Cato. (iv.) rĕpurgo, to c. again: Suet.: Plin.
      2. 2. dēfaeco, 1 (to c. from dregs or foulness): Pl.
      3. 3. dētergeo, si, sum, 2 (to c. by brushing or rubbing): v. to clean (Phr.).
      4. 4. ablŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3 (to c. by washing): to c. oneself in running water, se flumine vivo ab., Virg.: v. to wash, purify.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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purgare, repurgare, expurgare, purum facere (general terms, purificare not to be recommended): februare (by o sacrifice; a religious word): mundum facere, mundare, emundare (purge from dirt): eluere (wash or rinse out): abluere (by washing off): tergere, detergere (wipe off, sweep): extergere (wipe out): verrere, everrere (sweep, sweep out): lustrare (consecrate by a purifying sacrifice): expiare (expiate): cleanse the sewers, cloacas purgare, detergere: the stables, stabula, bubilia puigare or emundare: the body from filth, abluere corpus illuvie; sores, expurgare ulcera: the forum of the marks of crime, expiare forum a sceleris vestigiis.