κᾰθαίρω,
future κᾰθᾰρῶ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist 1 ἐκάθηρα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκάθᾱρα is found in codices of [
Refs 5th c.BC+], and commonly in later Gr, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; see below
middle:
perfect κεκάθαρκα (ἐκ-) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
middle,
future καθαροῦμαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ἐκαθηράμην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ἐκαθᾱράμην [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
passive,
future καθαρθήσομαι [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:
aorist ἐκαθάρθην [
Refs 5th c.BC+] is
falsa lectio in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:
perfect κεκάθαρμαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: (καθαρός):
I)
cleanse, of things, καθήρατε δὲ κρητῆρας [
Refs 8th c.BC+] [prev. cited]; of wounds, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆν
clear of weeds,[
Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc; χρυσόν
purify, refine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
metaphorically,
purge, clear a land of monsters and robbers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, τὴν νηδὺν ἀνασχισθεῖσαν καὶ καθαρθεῖσαν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2) in religious sense,
purify, [δέπας] ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ by fumigating with sulphur, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ φόνου
purify him
from blood, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Δῆλον κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; στόλον κ, Latin
classem lustrare, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:—
middle,
purify oneself, get purified, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθήρασθαι στόμα
keep one's tongue
pure, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
passive, κεκαθαρμένος καὶ τετελεσμένος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3) in Medicine texts,
purge, evacuate, either by purgatives or emetics, κ. κάτω ἢ ἄνω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
middle, κατὰ κύστιν ἐκαθήρατο [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive [
Refs], etc; also of menstruation, [
Refs]; of the after-birth, τὰ λοχεῖα κ. [
Refs]; καθαίρων, ὁ, name for ἶρις, Ps.-[
Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.4)
prune a tree,i.e.
clear it of superfluous wood, [
NT]
I.5)
sift, winnow grain, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
I.6)
metaphorically, ={μαστιγόω}, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II) of the thing removed by purification,
purge away, wash off, λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
clear away, τὰ λῃστικά [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; also perhaps,
clear up, explain an action, τὴν σύστασιν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III) with
double accusative, αἷμα κάθηρον. Σαρπηδόνα
cleanse him
of blood,
wash the blood
off him, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —
passive, καθαίρομαι γῆρας I
am purged of old age, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]