purgator

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

purgātor, ōris, m. [purgo].

I Lit., a cleanser , purger (post - class.): cloacarum, Firm. Math. 8, 20: ferarum, an exterminator of wild beasts , Ap. Mag. p. 288, 26.—

II Trop.: animae, Aug. Civ. Dei, 10, 10.