perpurgo

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per-purgo: (ante-class. perpūrĭgo, v. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 426 sqq.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to cleanse or purge thoroughly, to make quite clean.
I Lit.: alvum, Cato, R. R. 115: se, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127: perpurgata ulcera, Cels. 5, 26, n. 36: perpurigatis auribus, i. e. with the greatest attention, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179.—
II Trop., to clear up, explain: locus orationis perpurgatus ab iis, qui ante me dixerunt, Cic. Mur. 26, 54: crimina, id. Scaur. 8, 14; cf. id. Div. 2, 1, 2.—Absol.: de dote tanto magis perpurga, settle, arrange, Cic. Att. 12, 12, 1.