purify

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. καθαίρειν.

cleanse from guilt: P. and V. καθαίρειν, ἐκκαθαίρειν, V. ἁγνίζειν, ὁσιοῦν, Ar. and P. διακαθαίρειν.

purify with lustral water: V. νίζειν.

purify oneself: P. καθαίρεσθαι (mid.), ἀφοσιοῦσθαι (mid.).

be purified: P. and V. ἁγνεύειν, V. ἁγνίζεσθαι.

we have long been purified of this (sin): V. πάλαι… ταῦτ' ἀφιερώμεθα (Aesch., Eumenides 451).