purgĭto: āre, v. freq. a. purgo,I to cleanse, purify, purge (Plautin.). *I Lit.: carnificis angiporta purgitans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 190, 10.—*II Trop., to excuse one's self, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 23.