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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

  • Κεθήγου δὲ τοῦ ὑπατικοῦ, ὁπότε διὰ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ εἰσ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἀπῄει πρεσβεύσων τῷ πατρί, πολλὰ καταγέλαστα καὶ λέγοντοσ καὶ ποιοῦντοσ, ἐπειδὴ τῶν ἑταίρων τισ ὁρῶν ταῦτα ἔλεγεν αὐτὸν μέγα κάθαρμα εἶναι, Μὰ τὸν· (Lucian, (no name) 30:1)
  • ἐγὼ δέ, ὦ κάθαρμα, οὔ σοι δοκῶ εὐδαίμων εἶναι; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 10:11)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀπέθανεν, αὐτόσ τε παγγέλοιοσ ὤφθη μοι ἀποδυσάμενοσ τὴν τρυφήν, κἀμαυτοῦ ἔτι μᾶλλον κατεγέλων οἱο͂ν κάθαρμα ἐτεθήπειν, ἀπὸ τῆσ κνίσησ τεκμαιρόμενοσ αὐτοῦ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν καὶ μακαρίζων ἐπὶ τῷ αἵματι τῶν ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ θαλάττῃ κοχλίδων. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 16:6)
  • ἢ οὐδέπω ταῦτα πρότερον διήκουσασ οὐδενόσ, πάνυ γνώριμα ὄντα οὐχ ὅπωσ Ἀθηναίοισ, ἀλλὰ Θρᾳξὶ καὶ Σκύθαισ, ὅθεν ἐκεῖνο τὸ κάθαρμα ἦν; (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 42:13)
  • πάριτ’ ἐσ τὸ πρόσθεν, πάριθ’, ὡσ ἂν ἐντὸσ ἦτε τοῦ καθάρματοσ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 2:1)
  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐ πρὸσ τοῦτο τὸ κάθαρμα παραβάλλειν δεῖ τοὺσ ἄξια καὶ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ τῶν προγόνων ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν πράξαντασ. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 19:3)

Synonyms

  1. offscouring

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