Ancient Greek

Noun

κάθαρμα • ‎(kátharma) n ‎(genitive καθάρματος); third declension

1. offscouring

References

• κάθαρμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κάθαρμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «κάθαρμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dross idem, page 254.
  • gutter idem, page 379.
  • offscouring idem, page 571.
  • refuse idem, page 685.
  • riff-raff idem, page 714.
  • scape goat idem, page 737.
  • scum idem, page 743.
  • sin-offering idem, page 778.
  • sweepings idem, page 848.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάθαρμα ‎(kátharma)

Noun

κάθαρμα • ‎(kátharma) n ‎(plural καθάρματα)

1. (literally) scum
2. (colloquial, derogatory) creep, bastard

Declension

Related terms

• see: καθαρός ‎(katharós, “clean, pure”)