lustratio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lustrātĭo, ōnis, f. [lustro], a purification by sacrifice, a lustration.

I Lit.: lustrationis sacro peracto, Liv. 40, 6; 40, 13, 2 sq.; Col. 2, 22, 5.—

II Transf. [v. lustro, II.], a going or wandering about : lustrationesque (ferarum), Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 79: municipiorum, id. Phil. 2, 23, 57.

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