mundo

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

mundo, āre, v. a. [1. mundus],

I to make clean, to clean, cleanse (post-Aug.; syn.: purgo, emendo): mundatur nitro, Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 103: praesepia mundanda curare, Col. 12, 3: perlui et mundari, Mamert. Grat. Act. 9 fin.

II Transf. (eccl. Lat.), to cleanse, make clean .

1 Ceremonially, according to the Levitical law of uncleanness: et purificabis eos (sc. Levitas), Vulg. Num. 8, 6.—

2 Spiritually, from sin: ab occultis meis munda me, Vulg. Psa. 19, 12: mundemus nos ab omni inquinamento earnis et spiritūs, id. 2 Cor. 7, 1.

V —Hence, mundātus , a, um, P. a., cleansed, clean (late Lat.); in comp. : quam sim ab illā peste mundatior, Aug. Conf. 10, 37.