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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">of, fit for cleansing</b> or <b class="b2">purifying</b>, ἐλαίου καὶ γῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>60d</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μέλη τὰ κ</b>. (v. κάθαρσις <span class="bibl">11</span>) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1342a15</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>. <b class="b2">purgatives</b>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span> 25</span>; κ. ἀρεταί <span class="bibl">Hierocl.<span class="title">in CA</span>2p.422M.</span>: <b class="b3">ἡ -κή</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τέχνη</b>) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span> 231b</span>. Adv. -κῶς Marin.<span class="title">Procl.</span>19. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Medic., <b class="b2">promoting</b> κάθαρσις, πρόσθετον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.74</span>; usu . . <b class="b2">purgative</b>, δύναμις Gal.11.768 (metaph., Cebes 14); φάρμακον Plu.2.999f, cf. Gal.5.128; οἶνος Dsc.5.66 (Comp.); κ. alone, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.480</span>.</span>