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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.