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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

  • οὐδ’ Ἑλλάδ’ ᾔνεσ’ ‐ οὐδ’ ἀνέξομαί ποτε σιγῶν ‐ κακίστην λαμβάνων ἐσ παῖδ’ ἐμόν, ἣν χρῆν νεοσσοῖσ τοῖσδε πῦρ λόγχασ ὅπλα φέρουσαν ἐλθεῖν, ποντίων καθαρμάτων χέρσου τ’ ἀμοιβάσ ‐ ὧν ἐμόχθησασ χάριν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:6)
  • καὶ ποδῶν μὲν ἀπλύτων οὐ μεγάλη βλάβη διά τε πηλοῦ καὶ πολλῶν καθαρμάτων ἰόντων, γλώττησ δὲ ἀνεπιστήμονοσ οὐ μικρὰ ζημία γίγνεται τοῖσ ἀκροωμένοισ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 55:1)

Synonyms

  1. offscouring

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