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pūrus adj. with comp. and sup.

1 PV-, free from dirt, free from admixture, clean, pure, unstained, unspotted : alqd purum liquidumque haurire: aqua, H.: manus, H.: purissima mella, V.: aëre purior ignis, O.: humus, cleared : puro concurrere campo, V.: ab arboribus Campus, O.: puro ac patenti campo, i. e. without houses , L.: locus, untrodden , L.: sol, clear , H.: gemma, O.—As subst n. : per purum, through a clear sky , V.Plain, naked, unadorned, unwrought : argentum, plain , i. e. without artistic work : argenti vascula puri, Iu.: toga, without purple stripes , Ph.—Fig., pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless : animus purus et integer: estne quisquam qui tibi purior videatur?: vitā et pectore puro, H.: animam puram conservare, free from sensuality : (forum) purum caede servatum: Integer vitae scelerisque purus, H.—Of style, pure, free from error, accurate, faultless : oratio: genus dicendi: brevitas.—In law, unconditional, absolute, complete : iudicium.—As subst n. : quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui pervenire, clear gain .—In religion, free, clear, subject to no religious claims : domus ab suspicione religionis: in loco puro poni, L.: familia, free from ceremonial defilement, free from mourning , O.: socios purā circumtulit undā, water of purification , V.: arbor, O.

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