P. and V. καθαρμός, ὁ, λύσις, ἡ, P. κάθαρσις, ἡ; see Plato, Cratylus 405A and B.
versed in purification: V. ἀπομαγμάτων ἴδρις (Sophocles, Fragment).
water for purification: P. and V. χέρνιψ, ἡ, or pl.