καθάρσιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (καθαίρω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cleansing</b> from guilt or defilement, <b class="b2">purifying</b>, Ζεύς <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.44</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>401a23</span>, etc.; of Dionysus, μολεῖν καθαρσίῳ ποδί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1144</span> (lyr.); of sacrifice, αἷμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>449</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>680</span>; πῦρ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>937</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>1112</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>20.8.5</span>, al.; φλόξ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>869</span>; προχύται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>1471</span>: c. gen., [<b class="b3">Λοξίας] δωμάτων κ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>63</span>; ἱερὰ κ. οἴκων <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">HF</span>923</span>; also <b class="b3">κ. φόνου</b> <b class="b2">cleansing from . .</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>578</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Subst., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">καθάρσιον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἱερόν</b>), τό, <b class="b2">purificatory offering</b>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 1.23</span>, cf. Phot.: pl., <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>481*.280: hence, <b class="b2">expiation</b>, καθαρσίου ἐδέετο κυρῆσαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.58d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> (sc. <b class="b3">φάρμακον</b>) <b class="b2">purge</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Trall.1.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1384.1</span> (v A.D.), <span class="bibl">Phlp. <span class="title">in Ph.</span>318.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">καθάρσια, τά</b>,= Lat. <b class="b2">illuvies</b>, Gloss. (nisi leg. <b class="b3">ἀκαθαρσία</b>).</span>