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καθαρτής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καθαρτής καθαρτοῦ

Structure: καθαρτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: kaqai/rw

Sense

  1. a cleanser, purifier

Declension

First 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

  • τοξότασ μὲν γὰρ καὶ σφενδονήτασ δισμυρίουσ ἦγεν, ἱππεῖσ δὲ πεντακισμυρίουσ καὶ πεντακισχιλίουσ, ὧν ἑπτακισχίλιοι καὶ μύριοι κατάφρακτοι ἦσαν, ὡσ Λούκουλλοσ ἔγραψε πρὸσ τὴν σύγκλητον, ὁπλιτῶν δέ, τῶν μὲν εἰσ σπείρασ, τῶν δ’ εἰσ φάλαγγασ συντεταγμένων, πεντεκαίδεκα μυριάδασ, ὁδοποιοὺσ δὲ καὶ γεφυρωτὰσ καὶ καθαρτὰσ ποταμῶν καὶ ὑλοτόμουσ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων χρειῶν ὑπηρέτασ τρισμυρίουσ καὶ πεντακισχιλίουσ, οἳ τοῖσ μαχομένοισ ἐπιτεταγμένοι κατόπιν ὄψιν ἅμα καὶ ῥώμην παρεῖχον. (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 26 6:1)

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

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