κάθαρμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">κᾰ], ατος, τό,</b> (καθαίρω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">that which is thrown away in cleansing</b>: in pl., <b class="b2">offscourings, refuse of a sacrifice</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>98</span>; <b class="b2">residuum</b> of ore after smelting, <b class="b2">slag</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.3.28</span>: sg.,= κάθαρσις <span class="bibl">11</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span> 5.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = [[φαρμακός]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>454</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1133</span>: hence metaph., of persons, <b class="b2">outcast</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>454</span>; αἱρούμενοι καθάρματα στρατηγούς <span class="bibl">Eup.117.8</span>; τοὺς μὲν καθάρματα, τοὺς δὲ πτωχούς, τοὺς δ' οὐδ' ἀνθρώπους ὑπολαμβάνων εἶναι <span class="bibl">D.21.185</span>, cf. 199, <span class="bibl">18.128</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.211</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in pl.,= <b class="b3">κάθαρσις</b>, <b class="b2">purification</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1316</span>; <b class="b3">ποντίων καθαρμάτων . . ἀμοιβάς</b> in return <b class="b2">for clearing</b> the sea (of pirates), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>225</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἐντὸς τοῦ καθάρματος</b> within <b class="b2">the purified ground</b> where the assembly was held, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>44</span>.</span>