Purific Ave (プリフィキアーヴェ, Purifikiāvu~e) is a Unique ÄRM. This ÄRM has the power to undo the Zombie Tattoo curse. To activate the user must place the key in the key hole in the chest of the person afflicted with the curse.
Etymology and Origin[]
Purific is directly taken from the word purification. In the context of the ÄRM, it means 'the act of making something free of guilt or evil', as it dispels the curse of the Zombie Tattoo.
Ave is likely borrowed with an unspelled /h/ from Punic *ḥawe ('live!', 2sg. imp.), cognate to Hebrew חוה (Ḥawwāh, Eve), and as avō from Punic *ḥawū (2pl. imp.), from Semitic root ḥ-w-y ('live'). The form might have been contaminated by avē, the second-person singular present imperative of avēre (first-person aveō), meaning 'to be well/to fare well'.
Avē̆ atque valē!
- Hail and farewell! (esp. before a long departure and as a last good-bye to the dead).