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pūrĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [purifico], a purifying, purification (post-Aug.): laurus purificationibus adhibetur, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138: religionis, Mart. 8 praef.: sanguis purificationis suae, Vulg. Lev. 12, 4: purificatio, καθαρμός, Gloss. Cyril.

pūrĭfĭcātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [purifico], purifying, cleansing: sanctificatio, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 16, 22.

pūrĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [purus-facio], to make clean, to cleanse, purify (postAug.).

  1. I. Lit.: luteos pedes aquā, Plin. 30, 11, 28, § 93: tunicas (oculorum) lacrimationum salivis, id. 11, 37, 54, § 147: favum, id. 21, 14, 49, § 83: agrum, Gell. 19, 12, 11: regnum, Just. 10, 3, 2.
  2. II. Trop., to purify with religious rites, to expiate, atone for: se a concubitu mariti, Suet. Aug. 94: se, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2: quod ille infamavit, te purifica, Lampr. Alex. 7; Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 72.
    Of animals, Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116.

pūrĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [purus-facio], purifying (post-class.): ros, Lact. 4, 15: purificum Jovem precatus, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 328 (al. terrificum).