purgo

See also: purgó, and purgò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpur.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -urɡo
• Hyphenation: pùr‧go

Verb

purgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of purgare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pūragō, from *pūr (“fire”) + *agō (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːr.ɡoː/, [ˈpuːrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpur.ɡo/, [ˈpurɡo]

Verb

pūrgō (present infinitive pūrgāre, perfect active pūrgāvī, supine pūrgātum); first conjugation

1. to clean; to purge

   Synonyms: abstergeō, tergeo, luō, putō, effingō

   Antonyms: inquinō, polluō, maculō, scelerō, contingō

Conjugation

Conjugation of pūrgō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pūrgō	pūrgās	pūrgat	pūrgāmus	pūrgātis	pūrgant
	imperfect	pūrgābam	pūrgābās	pūrgābat	pūrgābāmus	pūrgābātis	pūrgābant
	future	pūrgābō	pūrgābis	pūrgābit	pūrgābimus	pūrgābitis	pūrgābunt
	perfect	pūrgāvī	pūrgāvistī	pūrgāvit	pūrgāvimus	pūrgāvistis	pūrgāvērunt, pūrgāvēre
	pluperfect	pūrgāveram	pūrgāverās	pūrgāverat	pūrgāverāmus	pūrgāverātis	pūrgāverant
	future perfect	pūrgāverō	pūrgāveris	pūrgāverit	pūrgāverimus	pūrgāveritis	pūrgāverint
passive	present	pūrgor	pūrgāris, pūrgāre	pūrgātur	pūrgāmur	pūrgāminī	pūrgantur
	imperfect	pūrgābar	pūrgābāris, pūrgābāre	pūrgābātur	pūrgābāmur	pūrgābāminī	pūrgābantur
	future	pūrgābor	pūrgāberis, pūrgābere	pūrgābitur	pūrgābimur	pūrgābiminī	pūrgābuntur
	perfect	pūrgātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pūrgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pūrgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pūrgem	pūrgēs	pūrget	pūrgēmus	pūrgētis	pūrgent
	imperfect	pūrgārem	pūrgārēs	pūrgāret	pūrgārēmus	pūrgārētis	pūrgārent
	perfect	pūrgāverim	pūrgāverīs	pūrgāverit	pūrgāverīmus	pūrgāverītis	pūrgāverint
	pluperfect	pūrgāvissem	pūrgāvissēs	pūrgāvisset	pūrgāvissēmus	pūrgāvissētis	pūrgāvissent
passive	present	pūrger	pūrgēris, pūrgēre	pūrgētur	pūrgēmur	pūrgēminī	pūrgentur
	imperfect	pūrgārer	pūrgārēris, pūrgārēre	pūrgārētur	pūrgārēmur	pūrgārēminī	pūrgārentur
	perfect	pūrgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pūrgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pūrgā	—	—	pūrgāte	—
	future	—	pūrgātō	pūrgātō	—	pūrgātōte	pūrgantō
passive	present	—	pūrgāre	—	—	pūrgāminī	—
	future	—	pūrgātor	pūrgātor	—	—	pūrgantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pūrgāre	pūrgāvisse	pūrgātūrum esse	pūrgārī	pūrgātum esse	pūrgātum īrī
participles		pūrgāns	—	pūrgātūrus	—	pūrgātus	pūrgandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pūrgandī	pūrgandō	pūrgandum	pūrgandō	pūrgātum	pūrgātū

Derived terms

• compūrgō
• pūrgātiō
• pūrgātōrium

Descendants

• Old French: purgier
  • Middle French: purgier, purger
    • French: purger
  • → Dutch: purgeren
  • → Middle English: purgen, poorgyn, porge, porgyn, pourge, purge, purgyn
    • English: purge
    • Scots: purge
  • → Old Frisian: purgēria
  • → Middle Low German: pūrgēren, pūrgērn, pūrgīren, pūrigēren
  • → Middle High German: purgieren
    • German: purgieren
• Friulian: purgâ
• Italian: purgare
• Old Occitan: porgar
  • Catalan: porgar
  • Occitan: porgar
• Piedmontese: purghé
• Old Spanish: porgar
  • Ladino: porgar
  • Spanish: porgar
• → Asturian: pulgar
• → Galician: purgar
• → Old Occitan: purgar
  • Catalan: purgar
  • Occitan: purgar
• → Portuguese: purgar
• → Romanian: purga
• → Old Spanish: purgar
  • Spanish: purgar

References

• “purgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “purgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• purgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pur‧go

Verb

purgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of purgar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾɡo/ [ˈpuɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -uɾɡo
• Syllabification: pur‧go

Verb

purgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of purgar