καθαίρω

κᾰθαίρω, [tense] fut.

A

κᾰθᾰρῶ X.Oec.18.6

, prob. in Pl.Lg.735b, etc.: [tense] aor. 1

ἐκάθηρα Od.20.152

, Th.3.104, Hp.Mul.1.47, IG22.1672.47 ([etym.] ἀνα-), Theoc.5.119, etc.; ἐκάθᾱρα is found in codd. of Antipho6.37, X.An. 5.7.35, Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 11, and commonly in later Gr., Thphr.Char. 16.7, BCH6.23 (Delos, ii B.C.), ([etym.] ἀνα-) PPetr.3p.141 (iii B.C.), ([etym.] συνανα-) IG11(2).163A56 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. διακαθαίρω, ἐκκαθαίρω, etc., and Phryn.16; v. infr. [voice] Med.: [tense] pf. κεκάθαρκα ([etym.] ἐκ-) Sch.Ar.Pax752:— [voice] Med., [tense] fut.

καθαροῦμαι Pl.Cra.396e

, Hp.Morb.2.38 (in pass. sense, ib. 2.13, Nat.Mul.13, Mul.2.160): [tense] aor.

ἐκαθηράμην A.Fr.354

, Hp.Epid. 5.43, Pl.Lg.868a, IG11(2).146A78 (Delos, iv B.C.), 153.9, 154A37 (ibid., iii B.C.); later ἐκαθᾱράμην ib.146A80 (iv B.C.), Inscr.Délos290.79, al. (iii B.C.), etc., ([etym.] ἀνα-) IG22.1668.8(iv B.C.): [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

καθαρθήσομαι Ruf.

ap. Orib.7.26.64, Gal.7.222: [tense] aor.

ἐκαθάρθην Hdt.1.43

, Th. 3.104, Hp.Epid.5.2, etc. ([tense] aor. 2 ἀποκαθαρῇ is f.l. in Arr.Cyn.27.1): [tense] pf.

κεκάθαρμαι Hp.Nat.Mul.8

, Pl.Phd.69c, etc.: ([etym.] καθαρός):

I cleanse, of things,

καθήρατε δὲ κρητῆρας Od.20.152

;

τραπέζας ὕδατ ι . . καθαίρειν 22.439

;

καθήραντες χρόα καλὸν ὕδατι 24.44

;

κ. οἰκίαν Antipho

l.c., Thphr. l.c.; of wounds, Hp. Ulc.6, al. (cf.

καθαιρέω 11.6

): c. gen.,

ἵππον αὐχμηρᾶς τριχός S.Fr.475

;

κ. σῖτον X.Oec.18.6

; γῆν clear of weeds, ib.20.11, cf. PLille5.24 (iii B.C.), etc.; χρυσόν purify, refine, Pl.Plt.303d: metaph., purge, clear a land of monsters and robbers, S.Tr.1012 (hex.), 1061, Plu.Thes.7;

κ.λῃστηρίων τὴν ἐπαρχίαν Id.Mar.6

: c.acc. cogn.,

καθαρμὸν κ. Pl.Lg.735b

:—[voice] Pass.,

τὴν νηδὺν ἀνασχισθεῖσαν καὶ καθαρθεῖσαν Hdt.4.71

.

2 in religious sense, purify, [δέπας] ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ by fumigating with sulphur, Il.16.228; κ. τινὰ φόνου purify him from blood, Hdt.1.44, cf. Berl.Sitzb.1927.160 ([place name] Cyrene); Δῆλον κ. Hdt.1.64, cf. Th.1.8; στόλον κ., Lat. classem lustrare, App.BC5.96: abs., IG5(1).1390.68 (Andania, i B.C.):— [voice] Med., purify oneself, get purified, Hdt.4.73;

οἱ φιλοσοφίᾳ καθηράμενοι Pl.Phd.114c

, cf. Phdr.243a, Cra.396e;

καθαίρεσθαι καθαρμούς Id.Lg. 868e

; καθήρασθαι στόμα keep one's tongue pure, A.Fr.354:—[voice] Pass.,

κεκαθαρμένος καὶ τετελεσμένος Pl.Phd.69c

.

3 Medic., purge, evacuate, either by purgatives or emetics,

κ. κάτω ἢ ἄνω Hp.Mul.1.64

([voice] Pass.), cf. Thphr.HP9.11.11, etc.:—[voice] Med.,

κατὰ κύστιν ἐκαθήρατο Hp.Epid. 1.15

:—[voice] Pass., ib.5.2, etc.; also of menstruation, Id.Superf.33; of the after-birth, τὰ λοχεῖα κ. Id.Mul.1.78; καθαίρων, ὁ, name for ἶρις, Ps.-Dsc.1.1.

4 prune a tree,i.e.clear it of superfluous wood, Ev.Jo. 15.2.

5 sift, winnow grain, PTeb.373.10(ii A.D.).

6 metaph., = μαστιγόω, Theoc.5.119.

II of the thing removed by purification, purge away, wash off,

λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν Il.14.171

;

ἐπεὶ πλῦνάν τε κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα Od.6.93

; clear away,

τὰ λῃστικά D.C.37.52

: metaph., φόνον κ. A.Ch.74 (lyr.); also perh., clear up, explain an action,

τὴν σύστασιν Epicur.Nat.66G.

, cf. 73G.

III c. dupl. acc., αἷμα κάθηρον . . Σαρπηδόνα cleanse him of blood, wash the blood off him, Il.16.667:—[voice] Pass., καθαίρομαι γῆρας I am purged of old age, A. Fr.45;

ὁ καθαρθεὶς τὸν φόνον Hdt.1.43

.