pūrĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [purus-facio], to make clean, to cleanse, purify (postAug.).
I Lit.: luteos pedes aquā, Plin. 30, 11, 28, § 93: tunicas (oculorum) lacrimationum salivis, id. 11, 37, 54, § 147: favum, id. 21, 14, 49, § 83: agrum, Gell. 19, 12, 11: regnum, Just. 10, 3, 2.—
II Trop., to purify with religious rites , to expiate , atone for : se a concubitu mariti, Suet. Aug. 94: se, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2: quod ille infamavit, te purifica, Lampr. Alex. 7; Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 72.—Of animals, Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116.