purgāmentum
purgāmentum, i, n. id.. What is swept or washed off, sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt: cloacam maximam, receptaculum omnium purgamentorum urbis, Liv. 1, 56: hortorum, Tac. A. 11, 32: cenae in pavimento, Plin. 36, 25, 60, § 184: ceparum, id. 20, 5, 20, § 41: oris, Sen. Const. 2 fin.: sanguinis, Plin. 11, 37, 74, § 192.—As a term of reproach, refuse, dregs, filth, offscouring, outcast, Petr. 74; Curt. 6, 11, 2; 10, 2, 7: purgamenta pro frugibus creat humus palustris, weeds, Sen. Ep. 73, 16.— Transf., washings, that which is washed up: purgamenta freti aestuantis, i.e. pearls, Col. 8, 9, 19: tanquam purgamenta hujus mundi, Vulg. 1 Cor. 4, 13.— A means of purgation, purification, or expiation, an expiatory sacrifice, Petr. 134, 1.
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Headword (normalized):
purgāmentum
Headword (normalized/stripped):
purgamentum
Intro Text:
purgāmentum, i, n. id.. What is swept or washed off, sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt: cloacam maximam, receptaculum omnium purgamentorum urbis, Liv. 1, 56: hortorum, Tac. A. 11, 32: cenae in pavimento, Plin. 36, 25, 60, § 184: ceparum, id. 20, 5, 20, § 41: oris, Sen. Const. 2 fin.: sanguinis, Plin. 11, 37, 74, § 192.—As a term of reproach, refuse, dregs, filth, offscouring, outcast, Petr. 74; Curt. 6, 11, 2; 10, 2, 7: purgamenta pro frugibus creat humus palustris, weeds, Sen. Ep. 73, 16.— Transf., washings, that which is washed up: purgamenta freti aestuantis, i.e. pearls, Col. 8, 9, 19: tanquam purgamenta hujus mundi, Vulg. 1 Cor. 4, 13.— A means of purgation, purification, or expiation, an expiatory sacrifice, Petr. 134, 1.
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