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|Definition=ὁ, ([[καθαίρω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cleansing]], [[purification]], from [[guilt]], νίψαι καθαρμῷ τήνδε τὴν στέγην S.''OT''1228: hence, [[purificatory]] [[offering]], [[atonement]], [[expiation]], καθαρμὸν τῆς χώρης ποιέεσθαί τινα Hdt.7.197: freq. in plural, μύσος ἐλαύνειν καθαρμοῖς A.''Ch.''968 (lyr., dub. l.), cf. ''Th.'' 738, ''Eu.''277, 283, ''Berl.Sitzb.''1927.156 (Cyrene): sg., S.''OT''99; <b class="b3">θοῦ νῦν καθαρμὸν δαιμόνων</b> [[make]] an [[offering]] to [[avert]] their [[wrath]], Id.''OC''466; καθαρμὸν θύειν E.''IT''1332; λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 364e; <b class="b3">ὁ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν καθαρμός</b> Id.''Sph.''227c; [[καθαρμὸν ποιεῖσθαι τῆς δυνάμεως]], Lat. [[lustrare exercitum]], Plb.21.41.9, Plu.''Caes.''43; of the [[Roman]] [[lustrum]], D.H.4.22; [[καθαρμός ὅπλων]], [[καθαρμός σάλπιγγος]] = Lat. [[armilustrium]], [[tubilustrium]], Lyd.''Mens.''4.34,60.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[purificatory rite]] of [[initiation]] into mysteries, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 69c, ''Phdr.''244e; ἀνιστὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ καθαρμοῦ D.18.259, cf. Plu.2.47a: hence in plural, as title of [[poem]] by [[Empedocles]], Ath.14.620d; by Epimenides, Suid. s.h.v.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[purgation]] by [[ordeal]], ''PMag.Lond.''46.180,196.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[purging]], [[evacuation]], [[discharge]], Arist.''HA''587b1, Plu.2.134d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[purge]], [[clearance]] of [[unhealthy]] [[animal]]s, Pl.''Lg.''735b.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[κάθαρμα]] 1.2, Plu. 2.518b.