pūrus adj. with comp. and sup. 1 PV-, free from dirt, free from admixture, clean, pure, unstained, unspotted: alqd purum liquidumque haurire: aqua, H.: manus, H.: purissima mella, V.: aere purior ignis, O.: humus, cleared: puro concurrere campo, V.: ab arboribus Campus, O.: puro ac patenti campo, i. e. without houses, L.: locus, untrodden, L.: sol, clear, H.: gemma, O.

—As subst n.: per purum, through a clear sky, V.

—Plain, naked, unadorned, unwrought: argentum, plain, i. e. without artistic work: argenti vascula puri, Iu.: toga, without purple stripes, Ph.

—Fig., pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless: animus purus et integer: estne quisquam qui tibi purior videatur?: vitā et pectore puro, H.: animam puram conservare, free from sensuality: (forum) purum caede servatum: Integer vitae scelerisque purus, H.

—Of style, pure, free from error, accurate, faultless: oratio: genus dicendi: brevitas.

—In law, unconditional, absolute, complete: iudicium.

—As subst n.: quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui pervenire, clear gain.

—In religion, free, clear, subject to no religious claims: domus ab suspicione religionis: in loco puro poni, L.: familia, free from ceremonial defilement, free from mourning, O.: socios purā circumtulit undā, water of purification, V.: arbor, O.