κάθαρμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[κᾰ], ατος, τό, ([[καθαίρω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[that which is thrown away in cleansing]]: in plural, [[offscourings]], [[refuse of a sacrifice]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>98</span>; [[residuum]] of ore after smelting, [[slag]], <span class="bibl">Str.3.28</span>: sg.,= κάθαρσις ''ΙΙ'', <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span> 5.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[φαρμακός]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>454</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1133</span>: hence metaph., of persons, [[outcast]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>454</span>; αἱρούμενοι καθάρματα στρατηγούς <span class="bibl">Eup.117.8</span>; τοὺς μὲν καθάρματα, τοὺς δὲ πτωχούς, τοὺς δ' οὐδ' ἀνθρώπους ὑπολαμβάνων εἶναι <span class="bibl">D.21.185</span>, cf. 199, <span class="bibl">18.128</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.211</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in plural,= [[κάθαρσις]], [[purification]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1316</span>; ποντίων καθαρμάτων… ἀμοιβάς in return for [[clearing]] the sea (of pirates), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>225</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[ἐντὸς τοῦ καθάρματος]] = [[within the purified ground]] where the assembly was held, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>44</span>.</span>