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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

  • πάριτ’ ἐσ τὸ πρόσθεν, πάριθ’, ὡσ ἂν ἐντὸσ ἦτε τοῦ καθάρματοσ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 2:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἡ παροινία τοῦ καθάρματοσ τουτουὶ δεινή. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 260:3)
  • ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωποσ ἐχαλέπαινε, καὶ δεινὸν ἐμβλέψασ εἰσ ἐμὲ εἶπεν, ὁρᾶτε τὴν εἰρωνείαν καὶ τὴν ὕβριν τοῦ καθάρματοσ, ὡσ καταγελᾷ πάνυ θρασέωσ; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 36:3)
  • ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆσ ψαλτρίασ ἀπάγχεσθαι, καθάρματοσ ἀγεννοῦσ καὶ ζῆν οὐκ ἀξίου, πόσησ αἰσχύνησ; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 66:2)

Synonyms

  1. offscouring

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