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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

  • τοιόνδ’ εὑρόντεσ ἀλεξίκακον τῆσ χώρασ τῆσδε καθαρτήν, πέρυσιν καταπροὔδοτε καινοτάταισ σπείραντ’ αὐτὸν διανοίαισ, ἃσ ὑπὸ τοῦ μὴ γνῶναι καθαρῶσ ὑμεῖσ ἐποιήσατ’ ἀναλδεῖσ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, parabasis10)
  • τό γε μὴν ἕκτον ἀμφισβητήσιμον μέν, ὅμωσ δ’ ἔθεμεν αὐτῷ συγχωρήσαντεσ δοξῶν ἐμποδίων μαθήμασιν περὶ ψυχὴν καθαρτὴν αὐτὸν εἶναι. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 94:3)
  • καὶ πάλιν προελθὼν ἀκόλουθον τούτῳ ῥῆμα ἐπιτίθησι τοιόνδ’ εὑρόντεσ ἀλεξίκακον τῆσ χώρασ τῆσδε καθαρτήν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 23:3)

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

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