purify
From LSJ
κακῆς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς γίγνεται [[τέλος]] κακόν → from a bad [[beginning]] comes a bad end (Euripides' Aeolus fr. 32)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
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… ταῦτ' ἀφιερώμεθα (Aesch., Eumenides 451).
