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κάθαρσις
κάθαρσις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόθαρσις (kótharsis)
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /káθarsis/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /káθarsis/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /káθaɾsis/
Noun
κάθαρσις • (kátharsis) f (genitive καθάρσεως); third declension
- cleansing, purification (in a moral/spiritual sense)
- clarification, explanation
- purging, evacuation (in a medical sense)
- pruning trees, shearing grain, clearing land
Inflection
Third declension of κᾰθάρσῐς, κᾰθάρσεως
Third declension of κᾰθάρσῐς, κᾰθάρσιος
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰθάρσῐς | τὼ κᾰθάρσιε | αἱ κᾰθάρσιες |
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰθάρσιος | τοῖν κᾰθᾰρσίοιν | τῶν κᾰθᾰρσίων |
| Dative | τῇ κᾰθάρσῑ, κᾰθάρσει | τοῖν κᾰθᾰρσίοιν | ταῖς κᾰθάρσῐσῐ(ν), κᾰθᾰρσίεσῐ(ν), κᾰθάρσεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰθάρσῐν | τὼ κᾰθάρσιε | τὰς κᾰθάρσῑς, κᾰθάρσιᾰς |
| Vocative | κᾰθάρσῐ | κᾰθάρσιε | κᾰθάρσιες |
Descendants
References
- κάθαρσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάθαρσις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «κάθαρσις» 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.
- cleansing idem, page 136.
- disinfection idem, page 234.
- expurgation idem, page 296.
- lustration idem, page 505.
- purging idem, page 658.
- purification idem, page 658.
- sanctification idem, page 733.
- washing idem, page 964.