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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.10.1
    • New Testament, Hebrews, 1.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 24.116
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 20.86
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.22
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