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purgatorium

purgatorium

See also: purgatórium

Latin

Noun

pūrgātōrium n ‎(genitive pūrgātōriī); second declension

  1. a purgative
  2. act or means of cleansing
  3. (Ecclesiastical) purgatory

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pūrgātōrium pūrgātōria
genitive pūrgātōriī pūrgātōriōrum
dative pūrgātōriō pūrgātōriīs
accusative pūrgātōrium pūrgātōria
ablative pūrgātōriō pūrgātōriīs
vocative pūrgātōrium pūrgātōria

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Descendants

References

Etymology

Post-Classical substantive use of purgātōrius ‎(“cleansing, purgative”), from purgō ‎(“cleanse, purify”).

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