[2092] 1. pūritās, ātis, f. (purus), die Reinheit, I) eig., Pallad. 11, 14, 12. Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 11, 12. Hieron. epist. 15, 1: Plur., aquarum innoxiae puritates, Arnob. 5, 11. – II) übtr.: a) die sprachliche Reinheit, sermonis, Hieron. epist. 57, 2: Tulliana, ibid. 58, 8. – b) die moral. Reinheit, Unschuld, manuum mearum, Vulg. psalm. 17, 21: morum, Hieron. epist. 3. § 3: simplicitas ingenii puritasque vivendi, reiner (keuscher) Lebenswandel, Capit. Ver. 3, 7: quid ego huic puritati dignum rependo, Symm. epist. 3, 29.