cleanse

From LSJ

ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

See clean.

Cleanse from guilt, etc.: P. and V. καθαίρειν, ἐκκαθαίρειν, V. ἁγνίζειν, νίζειν, Ar. and P. διακαθαίρειν; see purify.