purgator

purgātor, ōris, m. [purgo].

• Lit., a cleanser, purger (post-class.): cloacarum, Firm. Math. 8, 20: ferarum, an exterminator of wild beasts, Ap. Apol. p. 288, 26.—
• II Trop.: animae, Aug. Civ. Dei, 10, 10.

pūrgātor, ōris, m. (purgo), der Reiniger, Säuberer, I) eig.: latrinarum cloacarumque purgatores, Firm. math. 8, 20: p. ferarum, Befreier von wilden Tieren (v. Herkules), Apul. apol. 22 u. Inscr. ap. Burm. Anthol. Lat. 1. p. 20. – II) übtr.: animae, Augustin. de civ. dei 10, 10.

purgator [CL =one who purifies or who clears away (infestation)] 1 one who purifies. b (used attrib.) that cleanses or purifies. dicitur purgo quasi purum te ago, et inde ~or Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 420.  b nec manus ‥ ~oribus aquis obduxerat R. Cold. Cuthb. 91 p. 199. 2 one who cleans (an item) or clears (a space) of impurity, dirt, or extraneous matter. porcorum are ~or R. Cold. Godr. 220; propter exempli ‥ perniciem tam detestabilis et tam pravi et indelebilem tanti scandali notam ac mendam, que tam atra nevi fuligine, quam nullo nitro nullaque fullonis herba diluere quantalibet ~oris cura valebit Gir. Ep. 4 p. 182; 1492 Malcolmo, ~ori aule, xiij s. iiij d. ExchScot 378. 3 (leg.) one who clears another of culpability by compurgatory oath, compurgator. qui cupit se purgare, cum ~ores habere non possit, pro convicto haberi non debet Ockham Dial. 567; 1419 major et cives ‥ debent eligere ‥ ~ores per quos lex debet fieri, de melioribus et fidelioribus civitatis (Liber Albus) MGL I 92.

pūrgātŏr, ōris, m. (purgo), ¶ 1 celui qui nettoie, cureur : Firm. Math. 8, 20 || [fig.] ferarum Apul. Apol. 22, destructeur des monstres [Hercule] ¶ 2 qui purifie : animæ Aug. Civ. 10, 10, qui purifie lʼâme.