ἀποκάθαρσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[purging]]: hence, of [[dross]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>383b4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.4.2.1</span>; of animal [[secretions]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>726a13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>587b1</span>; ἀποκαθάρσεις χολῆς <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cleansing]], πνεύματος <span class="title">Gp.</span>12.22.11; [[sifting]] of grain, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRev.Laws</span> 39.10</span> (iii B.C.), PLond.ined.<span class="bibl">2361r</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[lustration]], [[expiation]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>21</span>, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>15</span>; νείκους <span class="bibl">Hierocl.<span class="title">in CA</span>24p.473M.</span></span>