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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of]], [[fit for cleansing]] or [[purifying]], ἐλαίου καὶ γῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>60d</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μέλη τὰ κ</b>. (v. κάθαρσις ''ΙΙ'') <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1342a15</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>. [[purgatives]], <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. [[τέχνη]]) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span> 231b</span>. Adv. -κῶς Marin.<span class="title">Procl.</span>19. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Medic., [[promoting]] κάθαρσις, πρόσθετον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.74</span>; usu… [[purgative]], 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>