καθάρσιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=καθάρσιον, ([[καθαίρω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cleansing]] from [[guilt]] or [[defilement]], [[purifying]], [[Ζεύς]] Hdt.1.44, cf. Arist.Mu.401a23, etc.; of [[Dionysus]], [[μολεῖν]] καθαρσίῳ ποδί S.Ant.1144 (lyr.); of [[sacrifice]], [[αἷμα]] A.Eu.449, Th.680; πῦρ E.HF937, IA1112, J.AJ20.8.5, al.; [[φλόξ]] E.Hel.869; προχύται Id.IA1471: c. gen., [Λοξίας] δωμάτων κ. A.Eu.63; ἱερὰ καθάρσια οἴκων E. HF923; also [[φόνος|φόνου]] καθάρσιος = [[cleansing]] from [[murder]], φόνου δὲ τοῦδ' ἐγὼ καθάρσιος = I am his [[purifier]] from [[bloodshed]] A.Eu.578.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[καθάρσιον]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἱερόν]]), τό, [[purificatory offering]], Aeschin. 1.23, cf. Phot.: pl., BMus.Inscr.481*.280: hence, [[expiation]], καθαρσίου ἐδέετο κυρῆσαι Hdt.1.35, cf. Jul.Or.2.58d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[φάρμακον]]) [[purge]], Alex.Trall.1.15, POxy.1384.1 (v A.D.), Phlp. in Ph.318.12.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[καθάρσια]], τά = Lat. [[illuvies]], ''Glossaria'' ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἀκαθαρσία]]).