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(adjective) : pūrus, a, um, Sanscr. root pū, purificare, lustrare; cf.: pŭtus, pŭto; whence also ποινή; Lat. poena
* Clean, pure, i. e. free from any foreign, esp. from any contaminating admixture (syn.: illimis, liquidus).
* Lit.
* Clean, free from dirt or filth, pure, unstained, undefiled: purae aedes,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6: et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam,Tib. 2, 1, 14; Hor. Epod. 17, 49; id. S. 1, 4, 68: vestis,Verg. A. 12, 169: ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,Cic. Caecin. 27, 78: amnis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120: aqua,id. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 20: fons,Prop. 3 (4), 1, 3. lympha,Sil. 7, 170: amphorae,Hor. Epod. 2, 15: fictilia,Tib. 1, 1, 30: torus,id. 1, 3, 26: purissima mella,Verg. G. 4, 163: aëre purior ignis,Ov. M. 15, 243: hasta,unstained with blood,Stat. Th. 11, 450.
* Trop.
* Transf.
* In gen., plain, natural, naked, unadorned, unwrought, unmixed, unadulterated, unsophisticated: argentum, plain, i. e. unornamented, without figures chased upon it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Juv. 9, 141; cf.: coronarum aliae sunt purae, aliae caelatae,Vitr. 7, 3; and: utrum lanx pura an caelata sit,Dig. 6, 1, 6: vasa,not pitched,Col. 12, 4, 4: locus,not built upon, vacant,Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Liv. 24, 14; Dig. 13, 7, 43: humus,Cic. Sen. 15, 59: solum,Liv. 1, 44 fin.: ager,Ov. F. 3, 582: campus,Verg. A. 12, 771: purus ab arboribus campus,Ov. M. 3, 709: hasta,without an iron head,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 68: toga,without purple stripes,Phaedr. 3, 10, 10: esse utramque sibi per se puramque necesse'st,unmixed,Lucr. 1, 506.
* Cleansing, purifying: idem ter socios pura circumtulit undā,Verg. A. 6, 229: sulfur,Tib. 1, 5, 11.
* Pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless, etc.: animus omni admixtione corporis liberatus, purus et integer,Cic. Sen. 22, 80: castus animus purusque,id. Div. 1, 53, 121: estne quisquam qui tibi purior esse videatur?id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18: puriora et dilucidiora,id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: vita et pectore puro, Hor.S. 1,6, 64; id. Ep. 1, 2, 67: pectus purum et firmum, stainless, faultless, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.): familia,that has solemnized the funeral rites,Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57: gladium purum ab omni caede servare,Sen. Ep. 24, 7: purae a civili sanguine manus,id. Suas. 6, 2: purus sum a peccato,Vulg. Prov. 20, 9: pectus purum ab omni sceleris contagione,Lact. 5, 12, 2.—Of freedom from sensual passion: animam puram conservare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134: noctes, opp. spurcae,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; id. Poen. 1, 2, 137; Tib. 1, 3, 26; Mart. 6, 66, 5; 9, 64: corpus,Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9.—With gen.: integer vitae scelerisque purus,Hor. C. 1, 22, 1.—Of purity of style: oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur,Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 29; cf.: purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, 53: sermone puro atque dilucido,Quint. 11, 1, 53: sermo quam purissimus,id. 4, 2, 118: multo est tersior ac magis purus (Horatius),id. 10, 1, 94: pura et illustris brevitas,Cic. Brut. 75, 262: pura et incorrupta consuetudo dicendi,id. ib. 75, 261: pressus sermo purusque,Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8.
* In partic., in jurid. lang., unconditional, without exception, absolute; entire, complete: judicium purum,Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60: pura et directa libertas,Dig. 40, 4, 59: causa,ib. 46, 3, 5.
* Clear, complete, over and above: quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui provenire,clear gain,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 200.
* Relig. t. t., free from religious claims or consecration: purus autem locus dicitur, qui neque sacer neque sanctus est neque religiosus, sed ab omnibus huiusmodi nominibus vacare videtur,Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 4; cf. ib. § 2: quae tandem est domus ab istā suspicione religionis tam vacua atque pura,Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 11.
* Not desecrated, undefiled.
* Untrodden, fresh: locus,Liv. 25, 17, 3.
* Lit.
* Free from mourning: dies,Ov. F. 2, 558.—Adv., in two forms, pūrē and (ante-class. and poet.) pūrĭ-ter (sup. ‡ purime, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), purely, clearly, without spot or mixture.
* Trop., purely, chastely; plainly, clearly, simply.
* Form puriter: puriter transfundere aquam in alterum dolium,Cato, R. R. 112: puriter lavit dentes,Cat. 39, 14.
* Comp., brightly, clearly: splendens Pario marmore purius,Hor. C. 1, 19, 5: purius osculari,Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 2.
* Sup.: quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,Cato, R. R. 66.
* Form pure: si forte pure velle habere dixerit,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 61: quiete et pure et eleganter acta aetas,Cic. Sen. 5, 13: pure et caste deos venerari,id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Liv. 27, 37; cf.: radix caste pureque collecta,Plin. 22, 10, 12, § 27.—Of style: pure et emendate loqui,Cic. Opt. Gen. 2, 4: pure apparere,clearly, obviously,Hor. S. 1, 2, 100: quid pure tranquillet,perfectly, fully,id. Ep. 1, 18, 102.
* Form puriter: si vitam puriter egi,Cat. 76, 19.
* In partic., jurid., unconditionally, simply, absolutely: aliquid legare,Dig. 8, 2, 35: contrahi,ib. 18, 2, 4; 39, 2, 22 fin.; 26, 2, 11; Gai. Inst. 1, 186.
* Clean, pure, i. e. free from any foreign, esp. from any contaminating admixture (syn.: illimis, liquidus).
* Lit.
* Clean, free from dirt or filth, pure, unstained, undefiled: purae aedes,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6: et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam,Tib. 2, 1, 14; Hor. Epod. 17, 49; id. S. 1, 4, 68: vestis,Verg. A. 12, 169: ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,Cic. Caecin. 27, 78: amnis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120: aqua,id. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 20: fons,Prop. 3 (4), 1, 3. lympha,Sil. 7, 170: amphorae,Hor. Epod. 2, 15: fictilia,Tib. 1, 1, 30: torus,id. 1, 3, 26: purissima mella,Verg. G. 4, 163: aëre purior ignis,Ov. M. 15, 243: hasta,unstained with blood,Stat. Th. 11, 450.
* Trop.
* Transf.
* In gen., plain, natural, naked, unadorned, unwrought, unmixed, unadulterated, unsophisticated: argentum, plain, i. e. unornamented, without figures chased upon it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Juv. 9, 141; cf.: coronarum aliae sunt purae, aliae caelatae,Vitr. 7, 3; and: utrum lanx pura an caelata sit,Dig. 6, 1, 6: vasa,not pitched,Col. 12, 4, 4: locus,not built upon, vacant,Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Liv. 24, 14; Dig. 13, 7, 43: humus,Cic. Sen. 15, 59: solum,Liv. 1, 44 fin.: ager,Ov. F. 3, 582: campus,Verg. A. 12, 771: purus ab arboribus campus,Ov. M. 3, 709: hasta,without an iron head,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 68: toga,without purple stripes,Phaedr. 3, 10, 10: esse utramque sibi per se puramque necesse'st,unmixed,Lucr. 1, 506.
* Cleansing, purifying: idem ter socios pura circumtulit undā,Verg. A. 6, 229: sulfur,Tib. 1, 5, 11.
* Pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless, etc.: animus omni admixtione corporis liberatus, purus et integer,Cic. Sen. 22, 80: castus animus purusque,id. Div. 1, 53, 121: estne quisquam qui tibi purior esse videatur?id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18: puriora et dilucidiora,id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: vita et pectore puro, Hor.S. 1,6, 64; id. Ep. 1, 2, 67: pectus purum et firmum, stainless, faultless, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.): familia,that has solemnized the funeral rites,Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57: gladium purum ab omni caede servare,Sen. Ep. 24, 7: purae a civili sanguine manus,id. Suas. 6, 2: purus sum a peccato,Vulg. Prov. 20, 9: pectus purum ab omni sceleris contagione,Lact. 5, 12, 2.—Of freedom from sensual passion: animam puram conservare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134: noctes, opp. spurcae,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; id. Poen. 1, 2, 137; Tib. 1, 3, 26; Mart. 6, 66, 5; 9, 64: corpus,Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9.—With gen.: integer vitae scelerisque purus,Hor. C. 1, 22, 1.—Of purity of style: oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur,Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 29; cf.: purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, 53: sermone puro atque dilucido,Quint. 11, 1, 53: sermo quam purissimus,id. 4, 2, 118: multo est tersior ac magis purus (Horatius),id. 10, 1, 94: pura et illustris brevitas,Cic. Brut. 75, 262: pura et incorrupta consuetudo dicendi,id. ib. 75, 261: pressus sermo purusque,Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8.
* In partic., in jurid. lang., unconditional, without exception, absolute; entire, complete: judicium purum,Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60: pura et directa libertas,Dig. 40, 4, 59: causa,ib. 46, 3, 5.
* Clear, complete, over and above: quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui provenire,clear gain,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 200.
* Relig. t. t., free from religious claims or consecration: purus autem locus dicitur, qui neque sacer neque sanctus est neque religiosus, sed ab omnibus huiusmodi nominibus vacare videtur,Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 4; cf. ib. § 2: quae tandem est domus ab istā suspicione religionis tam vacua atque pura,Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 11.
* Not desecrated, undefiled.
* Untrodden, fresh: locus,Liv. 25, 17, 3.
* Lit.
* Free from mourning: dies,Ov. F. 2, 558.—Adv., in two forms, pūrē and (ante-class. and poet.) pūrĭ-ter (sup. ‡ purime, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), purely, clearly, without spot or mixture.
* Trop., purely, chastely; plainly, clearly, simply.
* Form puriter: puriter transfundere aquam in alterum dolium,Cato, R. R. 112: puriter lavit dentes,Cat. 39, 14.
* Comp., brightly, clearly: splendens Pario marmore purius,Hor. C. 1, 19, 5: purius osculari,Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 2.
* Sup.: quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,Cato, R. R. 66.
* Form pure: si forte pure velle habere dixerit,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 61: quiete et pure et eleganter acta aetas,Cic. Sen. 5, 13: pure et caste deos venerari,id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Liv. 27, 37; cf.: radix caste pureque collecta,Plin. 22, 10, 12, § 27.—Of style: pure et emendate loqui,Cic. Opt. Gen. 2, 4: pure apparere,clearly, obviously,Hor. S. 1, 2, 100: quid pure tranquillet,perfectly, fully,id. Ep. 1, 18, 102.
* Form puriter: si vitam puriter egi,Cat. 76, 19.
* In partic., jurid., unconditionally, simply, absolutely: aliquid legare,Dig. 8, 2, 35: contrahi,ib. 18, 2, 4; 39, 2, 22 fin.; 26, 2, 11; Gai. Inst. 1, 186.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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