cleansing
From LSJ
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Purification: P. and V. καθαρμός, ὁ, λύσις, ἡ, P. κάθαρσις, ἡ; see purification.
A recompense for his cleansing of land and sea: V. ποντίων καθαρμάτων χέρσου τʼ ἀμοιβαί (Eur., H.F. 225).
adj.
V. καθάρσιος, P. καθαρτικός.
