purissima
Dictionary entries
- Entry →purus, pura -um, purior -or -us, purissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pure, clean, unsoiled; free from defilement/taboo/stain; blameless, innocent;; chaste, unpolluted by sex; plain/unadulterated; genuine; absolute; refined;; clear, limpid, free of mist/cloud; ringing (voice); open (land); net; simple;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...colenda est. Aspice M. Catonem sacro illi pectori purissimas manus admoventem et vulnera parum alte demissa laxantem. Utrum..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...ceras: aliae spem gentis adultos educunt fetus, aliae purissima mella stipant et liquido distendunt nectare cellas. Sunt quibus..."
