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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative καθάρσιος καθάρσιον
Genitive καθαρσίου καθαρσίου
Dative καθαρσίῳ καθαρσίῳ
Accusative καθάρσιον καθάρσιον
Vocative καθάρσιε καθάρσιον
DualN/A/V καθαρσίω καθαρσίω
G/D καθαρσίοιν καθαρσίοιν
PluralNominative καθάρσιοι καθάρσια
Genitive καθαρσίων καθαρσίων
Dative καθαρσίοις καθαρσίοις
Accusative καθαρσίους καθάρσια
Vocative καθάρσιοι καθάρσια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective καθάρσιος καθαρσίου καθαρσιώτερος καθαρσιωτέρου καθαρσιώτατος καθαρσιωτάτου
Adverb καθαρσίως καθαρσιώτερον καθαρσιώτατα

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

  • ποῦ δ’ ὁ φιλόσοφοσ Κυνίσκοσ, ὃν ἔδει τῆσ Ἑκάτησ τὸ δεῖπνον φαγόντα καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῶν καθαρσίων ᾠὰ καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ γε σηπίαν ὠμὴν ἀποθανεῖν; (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 6:18)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ φυγεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ φόνῳ φασὶ χρῄζοντα καθαρσίων, οἱ δὲ τῷ Πύθωνι τετρωμένῳ καὶ φεύγοντι κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἣν νῦν ἱερὰν καλοῦμεν, ἐπακολουθεῖν καὶ μικρὸν ἀπολειφθῆναι τῆσ τελευτῆσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 12 1:2)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ φυγεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ φόνῳ φασὶ χρῄζοντα καθαρσίων, οἱ δὲ τῷ Πύθωνι τετρωμένῳ καὶ φεύγοντι κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἣν νῦν ἱερὰν καλοῦμεν, ἐπακολουθεῖν καὶ μικρὸν ἀπολειφθῆναι τῆσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 12 2:1)
  • καὶ τῇ Ἑκάτῃ σκυλάκια μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων καθαρσίων ἐκφέρουσι καὶ περιμάττουσι σκυλακίοισ τοὺσ ἁγνισμοῦ δεομένουσ, περισκυλακισμὸν τὸ τοιοῦτον γένοσ τοῦ καθαρμοῦ καλοῦντεσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 68 1:1)
  • οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ καθαρεύειν ᾤοντο παντάπασιν οἱ παλαιοὶ τὸ ζῷον καὶ γὰρ Ὀλυμπίων μὲν οὐδενὶ θεῶν καθιέρωται, χθονίᾳ δὲ δεῖπνον Ἑκάτῃ πεμπόμενοσ εἰσ τριόδουσ ἀποτροπαίων καὶ καθαρσίων ἐπέχει μοῖραν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 111 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. cleansing

  2. cleansing or purifying from

Related

Similar forms

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

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