καθαρός: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=κᾰθᾰρός,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[clear]] of [[dirt]], [[clean]], [[spotless]], [[unsoiled]], Od., Hdt., Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[clear]], [[open]], [[free]], ἐν καθαρῷ (''[[sc.]]'' τόπῳ) in a [[clear]], [[open]] [[space]], Il.; ἐν καθαρῷ [[βῆναι]] to [[leave]] the way [[clear]], Soph.; διὰ καθαροῦ ῥέειν, of a [[river]] whose [[course]] is [[clear]] and [[open]], Hdt.; τὸ ἐμποδὼν [[ἐγεγόνεε]] καθαρόν the [[hindrance]] was cleared [[away]], Hdt.:—c. gen., [[γλῶσσα]] καθαρὴ τῶν σημηΐων [[clear]] of the marks, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in [[moral]] [[sense]], [[clear]] from [[shame]] or [[pollution]], [[pure]], καθαρῷ θανάτῳ Od.: esp. [[clear]] of [[guilt]] or [[defilement]], [[clean]], [[pure]], Theogn., Aesch.; καθαρὸς χεῖρας Hdt.:—so, of persons purified [[after]] [[pollution]], [[ἱκέτης]] προσῆλθες κ. Aesch.; of things, βωμοί, θύματα, δόμοι, μέλαθρα Aesch., Eur.:—c. gen. [[clear]] of or from a [[charge]], κ. ἐγκλημάτων, ἀδικίας, κακῶν, etc., Horace's sceleris [[purus]], Plat., Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> opp. to [[θολερός]], [[clear]] of [[admixture]], [[clear]], [[pure]], of [[water]], Hdt., Eur.; so, κ. [[φάος]], [[φέγγος]] Pind.; κ. [[ἄρτος]] [[χρυσός]] Hdt.; [[ἀργύριον]] Theocr.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> of [[birth]], opp. to [[ξένος]], [[pure]],, [[genuine]], Pind., Eur.; τῶν Ἀθηναίων [[ὅπερ]] ἐστράτευε καθαρὸν ἐξῆλθε, i. e. who were citizens of [[pure]] [[blood]], Thuc.:— καθαρόν a [[real]], [[genuine]] [[saying]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> without [[blemish]], τὸ καθαρὸν τοῦ στρατοῦ the [[sound]] [[portion]] of the [[army]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">7.</b> [[clear]], [[exact]], ἂν καθαραὶ [[ὦσιν]] αἱ ψῆφοι if the accounts are [[clear]], [[exactly]] [[balanced]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> adv. [[καθαρῶς]], Hes.; [[καθαρῶς]] γεγονέναι to be of [[pure]] [[blood]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> with [[clean]] hands, [[honestly]], Theogn., Plat.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[clearly]], [[plainly]], λέγειν Ar.; [[γνῶναι]], [[εἰδέναι]] Ar., Plat.