repurgo

rĕ-purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I.

Lit., to clean, cleanse, or clear again (not anteAug.):

iter,

Liv. 44, 4 fin.:

alveum Tiberis,

Suet. Aug. 30:

ergastula,

id. Tib. 8:

os, mox dentes,

Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 90:

nomas,

id. 23, 4, 38, § 78:

vulnera,

id. 34, 15, 46, § 155:

humum, Ov. de Nuce, 125: hortum repurgare steriles herbas eligens,

Curt. 4, 1, 21:

repurgato fugiebant nubila caelo,

Ov. M. 5, 286:

serenitas caeli non recipit majorem claritatem in sincerissimum nitorem repurgata,

Sen. Ep. 66, 46.—

II.

Transf., to purge away; to take away, remove, for the sake of cleaning:

quicquid in Aeneā fuerat mortale repurgat,

Ov. M. 14, 603:

fetus,

Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217:

aurum venis,

Flor. 4, 12, 12.