purgamentum
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
purgāmentum: i, n. id..
I 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.—
B 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.—
II A means of purgation, purification, or expiation, an expiatory sacrifice, Petr. 134, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pūrgāmentum,¹² ī, n. (purgo),
1 immondices : Liv. 1, 56, 2 ; Tac. Ann. 11, 31 ; ceparum Plin. 20, 41, épluchures d’oignons ; purgamenta oris Sen. Const. 2, 3, crachats || [injure] ordure : Petr. 74, 9 ; Curt. 6, 11, 2
2 purification, expiation, sacrifice expiatoire : Petr. 134, 1.
