ἀποκαθαίρω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=aor. inf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ῆραι Gal.11.129, but subj. -άρῃ <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span> 1.17.10</span>:—[[clear]], [[cleanse]] or [[clean quite]], <b class="b3">ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὰ χειρόμακτρα</b> upon the towels, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.5</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς προσθίοις ἀ. σκέλεσιν</b>, of flies, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>683a29</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>958b5</span>:—Med., [[rid oneself of]], ib. <span class="bibl">880a32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[refine]] metal [[by smelting]], <span class="bibl">Str.9.1.23</span>; ῥητίνη ἀποκεκαθαρμένη [[purified]], Dsc.1.25: metaph., <b class="b3">ἀποκεκαθάρθαι τὴν φωνήν</b> to [[be pure in]] dialect, Luc.<span class="title">Hist. Conscr.</span>21. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[cleanse off]], [[clear away]], τὰς τραπέζας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1193</span>; ἀ. τὰς βαναύσους τέχνας εἰς οἰκετῶν καὶ μετοίκων χέρας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Comp.Lyc.Num.</span>2</span>; [[remove by purging]] or [[clearing]], ἴκτερον Dsc.4.71; <b class="b3">ἀ.ἄνω</b> [[purge]] by emetics, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>3.9</span>:—Pass., to [[be removed by purging]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VM</span>19</span>: generally, to [[be got rid of]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 72d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>568b9</span>; to [[be thrown off]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>383a34</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">ἀποκαθήρασθαί τι</b> [[get rid of]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.104b</span>, Demoph.<span class="title">Sim.</span>25; τινός <b class="b2">rid oneself of .</b>., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.27</span>.</span>