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κάθαρσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάθαρσις καθάρσεως

Structure: καθαρσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kaqai/rw

Sense

  1. cleansing, purification (in a moral/spiritual sense)
  2. clarification, explanation
  3. purging, evacuation (in a medical sense)
  4. pruning trees, shearing grain, clearing land

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κάθαρσις καθάρσει καθάρσεις
Genitive καθάρσεως καθάρσοιν καθάρσεων
Dative καθάρσει καθάρσοιν καθάρσεσιν*
Accusative κάθαρσιν καθάρσει καθάρσεις
Vocative κάθαρσι καθάρσει καθάρσεις

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

  • ἱερὰ μὲν ἦν πάροιθεν ἐσχάρασ Διὸσ καθάρσι’ οἴκων, γῆσ ἄνακτ’ ἐπεὶ κτανὼν ἐξέβαλε τῶνδε δωμάτων Ἡρακλέησ· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:1)
  • Ἐλλεβορισμοί· ἐλλέβοροσ λευκὸσ μὲν τῆσ ἄνω κοιλίησ κάθαρσισ· μέλασ δὲ τῆσ κάτω· καὶ ἔστιν ὁ λευκὸσ οὐκ ἐμετήριον μοῦνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ξυμπάντων ὁμοῦ καθαρτηρίων ὁ δυνατώτατοσ , οὐ τῷ πλήθεϊ καὶ τῇ ποικιλίῃ τῆσ ἐκκρίσιοσ· τόδε γὰρ καὶ χολέρη πρήσσει·‐‐ οὐδ’ ἐντάσεσι καὶ βίῃ τῇσι ἐπὶ τοῖσι ἐμέτοισὶ,‐‐ ἐσ τόδε γὰρ ναυτίη καὶ θάλασσα κρέσσον · ἀλλὰ δυνάμι καὶ ποιότητι οὔτι φαύλῃ, τῇπερ καὶ ὑγιέασ τοὺσ κάμνοντασ ποιέει, καὶ ἐπ’ ὀλίγῃ τῇ καθάρσι, καὶ ἐπὶ σμικρῇ τῇ ἐντάσι· ἀτὰρ καὶ πάντων τῶν χρονίων νοσημάτων ἐσ Ῥίξαν ἱδρυμέν ων, ἢν ἀπαυδήσῃ τὰ λοιπὰ ἄκεα, τόδε μοῦνον ἰητήριο ν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 124)

Synonyms

  1. cleansing

  2. purging

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