καθαρτής
From LSJ
αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A cleanser, purifier, μάγοι καὶ κ. Hp.Morb. Sacr.1, cf. D.Chr.4.89(pl.); σοῦ γὰρ ἔρχομαι . . κ. S.El.70; στρατοῦ κ. Id.Fr.34; τῆς χώρας Ar.V.1043; ποταμῶν Plu.Luc.26; θηρίων, of Heracles, Max.Tyr.21.6: metaph., δοξῶν . . . περὶ ψυχὴν κ. εἶναι Pl.Sph. 231e; as occupational name, IG5(1).209.25 (i B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1282] ὁ, der Reiniger, der durch Reinigungsopfer entsühnt; τῆς χώρας Ar. Vesp. 1043; Orest, der den Vater rächen will, sagt σοῦ γὰρ ἔρχομαι δίκῃ καθ. Soph. El. 70; übertr., δοξῶν ἐμποδίων μαθήμασι περὶ ψυχὴν καθαρτὴν εἶναι Plat. Soph. 231 e; Sp., wie Plut.
