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κάθαρμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάθαρμα καθάρματος

Structure: καθαρματ (Stem)

Etym.: kaqai/rw

Sense

  1. offscouring

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • δόλια δ’ ἦν καθάρματα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 1:10)
  • ὡσ δ’ ἐγέλασαν ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἅπαντεσ, Ἐγελάσατε, εἶπεν, ὦ καθάρματα, εἰ τῇ νύμφῃ προὔπιον ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡμετέρου θεοῦ τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ; (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 16:2)
  • οἱ ἰδιῶται δὲ ὁπόσοι πάρεισιν, γελῶσι δηλαδὴ καὶ καταπτύουσιν φιλοσοφίασ, εἰ τοιαῦτα καθάρματα ἐκτρέφει. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 34:5)
  • Ἐπειδὰν ἡμεῖσ οἰμώζωμεν καὶ στένωμεν ἐκείνων μεμνημένοι τῶν ἄνω, Μίδασ μὲν οὑτοσὶ τοῦ χρυσίου, Σαρδανάπαλλοσ δὲ τῆσ πολλῆσ τρυφῆσ, ἐγὼ δὲ Κροῖσοσ τῶν θησαυρῶν, ἐπιγελᾷ καὶ ἐξονειδίζει ἀνδράποδα καὶ καθάρματα ἡμᾶσ ἀποκαλῶν, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ᾅδων ἐπιταράττει ἡμῶν τὰσ οἰμωγάσ, καὶ ὅλωσ λυπηρόσ ἐστι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:4)
  • ἄλλοσ οὑτοσί τισ ἀναιδὴσ καὶ πολλοὺσ ὑβρίζων, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν πτωχούσ, τοὺσ δὲ καθάρματα, τοὺσ δ’ οὐδ’ ἀνθρώπουσ ὑπολαμβάνων· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 239:3)

Synonyms

  1. offscouring

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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