purissime
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;
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...cuimodi fuerit pugna decertatum, Q. Claudius primo annalium purissime atque inlustrissime simplicique et incompta orationis antiquae suavitate descripsit..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...scriptum. Sed quod apud Scipionem omnium aetatis suae purissime locutum legimus "roboraria", aliquot Romae doctos viros dicere audivi..."
