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