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Munda, ae, f.

  1. I. A city in Hispania Baetica, taken by Cœsar in the war against the son of Pompey, now Monda, Liv. 24, 42, 1; Auct. B. Hisp. 32; Val. Max. 7, 6, 5; Sil. 3, 100; Flor. 4, 2, 85.
  2. II. A river in Lusitania, between the Tagus and the Douro, now Mondego, Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 115; also called Monda, Mel. 3, 1, 7.

mundānus, a, um, adj. [2. mundus], of or belonging to the world, mundane.

  1. I. Adj. (late Lat.): anima mundana, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 16: annus, a year of the world, mundane year, consisting of fifteen thousand years, id. ib. 2, 11: ora, i. e. caelestis, Avien. Arat. 216.
  2. II. Subst.: mun-dānus, i, m., an inhabitant of the world, a cosmopolite, as translation of κόσμος, = mundi incola et civis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108.

mundātĭo, ōnis, f. [mundo], a cleansing (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Conf. 1, 11; Theod. Prisc. 1, 19.

mundātor, ōris, m. [mundo], a cleanser (post-class.): cloacarum, Firm. Math. 8, 19 fin.

* mundātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [mundator], of or belonging to cleansing, mundatory: medicamentum, Plin. Val. 2, 25.

mundātus, a, um, Part.; and P. a., v. mundo fin.

mundātrix, ĭcis, f. [mundator], a cleaner (late Lat.), Aug. in Psa. 142, 8.

mundo, āre, v. a. [1. mundus],

  1. I. to make clean, to clean, cleanse (post-Aug.; syn.: purgo, emendo): mundatur nitro, Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 103: praesepia mundanda curare, Col. 12, 3: perlui et mundari, Mamert. Grat. Act. 9 fin.
  2. II. Transf. (eccl. Lat.), to cleanse, make clean.
      1. 1. Ceremonially, according to the Levitical law of uncleanness: et purificabis eos (sc. Levitas), Vulg. Num. 8, 6.
      2. 2. Spiritually, from sin: ab occultis meis munda me, Vulg. Psa. 19, 12: mundemus nos ab omni inquinamento earnis et spiritūs, id. 2 Cor. 7, 1.
        Hence, mundātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, clean (late Lat.); in comp.: quam sim ab illā peste mundatior, Aug. Conf. 10, 37.