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|Definition=ὁ, ([[καθαίρω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cleansing]], [[purification]], from [[guilt]], νίψαι καθαρμῷ τήνδε τὴν στέγην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1228</span>: hence, [[purificatory]] [[offering]], [[atonement]], [[expiation]], καθαρμὸν τῆς χώρης ποιέεσθαί τινα <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.197</span>: freq. in plural, μύσος ἐλαύνειν καθαρμοῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>968</span> (lyr., dub. l.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span> 738</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>277</span>, <span class="bibl">283</span>, <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.156 (Cyrene): sg., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>99</span>; <b class="b3">θοῦ νῦν καθαρμὸν δαιμόνων</b> [[make]] an [[offering]] to [[avert]] their [[wrath]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>466</span>; καθαρμὸν θύειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1332</span>; λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 364e</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν καθαρμός</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>227c</span>; [[καθαρμὸν ποιεῖσθαι τῆς δυνάμεως]], Lat. [[lustrare exercitum]], <span class="bibl">Plb.21.41.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>43</span>; of the [[Roman]] [[lustrum]], <span class="bibl">D.H.4.22</span>; [[καθαρμός ὅπλων]], καθαρμός σάλπιγγος = Lat. [[armilustrium]], [[tubilustrium]], <span class="bibl">Lyd.<span class="title">Mens.</span>4.34</span>,<span class="bibl">60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[purificatory rite]] of [[initiation]] into mysteries, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>69c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>244e</span>; ἀνιστὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ καθαρμοῦ <span class="bibl">D.18.259</span>, cf. Plu.2.47a: hence in plural, as title of poem by [[Empedocles]], <span class="bibl">Ath.14.620d</span>; by Epimenides, Suid. s.h.v. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[purgation]] by [[ordeal]], <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>46.180,196. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[purging]], [[evacuation]], [[discharge]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>587b1</span>, Plu.2.134d. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[purge]], [[clearance]] of [[unhealthy]] [[animal]]s, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>735b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[κάθαρμα]] <span class="bibl">1.2</span>, Plu. 2.518b.</span>