ἅλμην πιόντες ἐξαπῆλθον τοῦ βίου → they drank seawater and departed from life
subs.
Purifying: P. and V. καθαρμός, ὁ, λύσις, ἡ, P. κάθαρσις, ἡ. In medical sense: P. κάθαρσις, ἡ.