ἐκκαθαίρω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion.aor.I-εκάθηρα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.86</span>, Att.<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -εκάθᾱρα <span class="bibl">Din.2.5</span>:— [[cleanse out]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> with acc. of the thing cleansed, [[clear out]], οὐρούς τ' ἐξεκάθαιρον <span class="bibl">Il.2.153</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν κοιλίην</b> Hdt.l.c.; [[μήτρας]], [[ὀδόντας]], <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Mul.</span>1.88</span>, <span class="bibl">Orib.<span class="title">Syn.</span>5.25.3</span>; <b class="b3">χθόνα ἐκκαθαίρει κνωδάλων</b> he [[clears]] this land of monsters, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>264</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν βίον</b> (i.e.the world) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span> 13.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ.τινά, ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντα, εἰς τὴν κρίσιν</b> [[clear]] him [[of all roughness]], [[polish]] him [[up]], metaph. from the finishing touches of a sculptor, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 361d</span>; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Ti.</span>2.21</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ.λογισμόν</b> [[clear off]] an account, Plu.2.64f:—Pass., to [[be cleansed]], [[purified]], ἐκκεκαθαρμένοι τὰς ψυχάς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>1.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>527d</span>; to [[be cleared up]], [[explained]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.36U.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with acc. of the thing removed, [[clear away]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span> 3a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>625b34</span>; τὸ τοιοῦτον ἐ. γένος <span class="bibl">Diph.32.17</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν δωροδοκίαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως</b> Din.l.c.; κόπρον <span class="title">APl.</span>4.92.7.</span>