Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καθάρσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καθάρσιος καθάρσιον

Structure: καθαρσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kaqai/rw

Sense

  1. cleansing, purifying
  2. cleansing or purifying from, purifying
  3. a purifying sacrifice, purification

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ Ἕλληνεσ ἔν τε τοῖσ καθαρσίοισ σκύλακασ ἐκφέρουσι καὶ πολλαχοῦ χρῶνται τοῖσ λεγομένοισ περισκυλακισμοῖσ· (Plutarch, chapter 21 8:1)
  • ἔστι δὲ Ὠρωπίοισ πηγὴ πλησίον τοῦ ναοῦ, ἣν Ἀμφιαράου καλοῦσιν, οὔτε θύοντεσ οὐδὲν ἐσ αὐτὴν οὔτ’ ἐπὶ καθαρσίοισ ἢ χέρνιβι χρῆσθαι νομίζοντεσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 34 6:1)
  • καθῆραι δέ φασιν Ὀρέστην καθαρσίοισ καὶ ἄλλοισ καὶ ὕδατι <τῷ> ἀπὸ τῆσ Ἵππου κρήνησ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 31 14:1)
  • καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καθαρσίοισ τε ἐξαρκεῖ τοῖσ περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἀνθρώποισ καὶ πίνειν καὶ λούεσθαι καὶ προσορῶσιν εὐφραίνεσθαι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:1)
  • μυθεύουσι δ’ οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ τῶν τετρωμένων Κενταύρων τινὰσ ἐνταῦθ’ ἀπονίψασθαι τὸν ἐκ τῆσ Ὕδρασ ἰόν, οἱ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ Μελάμποδα τοῖσ ὕδασι τούτοισ καθαρσίοισ χρήσασθαι πρὸσ τὸν τῶν Προιτίδων καθαρμόν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 38:10)

Synonyms

  1. cleansing

  2. cleansing or purifying from

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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