ἀποκάθαρσις
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A purging: hence, of dross, Arist.Mete.383b4, cf. Str.4.2.1; of animal secretions, Arist.GA726a13, cf. HA587b1; ἀποκαθάρσεις χολῆς Th.2.49. 2 cleansing, πνεύματος Gp.12.22.11; sifting of grain, PRev.Laws 39.10 (iii B.C.), PLond.ined.2361r (iii B.C.). II lustration, expiation, Plu.Rom.21, Iamb.Comm.Math.15; νείκους Hierocl.in CA24p.473M.
German (Pape)
[Seite 305] ἡ, die Reinigung, das Abwischen, Plut. Rom. 21; Absonderung, χολῆς Thuc. 2, 49; Sühnung, Xen. Ep. 1, 7; Plut.
