καθαρτικός

English (LSJ)

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   A of, fit for cleansing or purifying, ἐλαίου καὶ γῆς Pl.Ti.60d; τὰ μέλη τὰ κ. (v. κάθαρσις 11) Arist.Pol.1342a15; τὰ κ. purgatives, Phld.Sign. 25; κ. ἀρεταί Hierocl.in CA2p.422M.: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) Pl.Sph. 231b. Adv. -κῶς Marin.Procl.19.    II Medic., promoting κάθαρσις, πρόσθετον Hp.Mul.1.74; usu . . purgative, δύναμις Gal.11.768 (metaph., Cebes 14); φάρμακον Plu.2.999f, cf. Gal.5.128; οἶνος Dsc.5.66 (Comp.); κ. alone, Hp.Fract.24, S.E.M.8.480.