purify

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

P. and V. καθαίρειν. Cleanse from guilt: P. and V. καθαίρειν, ἐκκαθαίρειν, V. ἁγνίζειν, ὁσιοῦν, Ar. and P. διακαθαίρειν. Purify with lustral water: V. νίζειν. Purify oneself: P. καθαίρεσθαι (mid.), ἀφοσιοῦσθαι (mid.). Be purified: P. and V. ἁγνεύειν, V. ἁγνίζεσθαι. We have long been purified of this (sin): V. πάλαι . . . ταῦτʼ ἀφιερώμεθα (Aesch., Eum. 451).