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καθαρός

καθαρός, clear of dirt, clean, spotless, unsoiled

κᾰθᾰρ-ός, ά, όν, Dor. καθαρός Tab.Heracl. 1.103, Orph. Fr. 32c.1, Aeol. κόθ- Alc. Supp. 7.3; cf. ἀνακαθαίρω, κάθαρσις:
      • 1 physically clean, spotless (not in Il.), εἵματα Od. 6.61, Archil. 12, cf. E. Cyc. 35, 562, etc.; of persons, cleanly, κ. περὶ ἐσθῆτα Arist. VV 1250b28, cf. Rh. 1416a23 (nisi leg. καθάριος).
      • 2 clear of admixture, clear, pure, esp. of water, Βορυσθένης ῥέει καθαρὸς παρὰ θολεροῖσι Hdt. 4.53; κ. ὕδατα E. Hipp. 209 (anap.); ὕδωρ κ. ζῶν LXX Nu. 5.17; δρόσοι E. Ion 96 (anap.); κ. καὶ διαφανῆ ὑδάτια Pl. Phdr. 229b; οὖρον Hp. Epid. 1.3; διαχώρημα Id. Coac. 640; κ. φάος, φέγγος, Pi. P. 6.14, 9.90; πνεῦμα κ. οὐρανοῦ E. Hel. 867; κ. ἄρτος Hdt. 2.40; of white bread, Wilcken Chr. 30i17 (iii/ii B.C.), LXX Ju. 10.5, Gal. 6.482, 19.137; ἄλευρον κ. Diocl. Fr. 139; χρυσίον, ἀργύριον -ώτατον, Hdt. 4.166, cf. Theoc. 15.36, Ph. 1.190, etc.; σῖτος X. Oec. 18.8; σῖτος κ. ἀπὸ πάντων PHib. 1.84 (a). 6 (iv/iii B.C.): freq. of grain, winnowed, πυρὸς κ. ἄδολος POxy. 1124.11 (i A.D.), cf. PTeb. 93.36 (ii B.C.), etc.; of metals, etc., σίδηρος Sammelb. 4481.13 (v A.D.), etc.; ἀρωμάτων, καθαρῶν, λαχάνων, dub. sens. in PLond. 2.429.6 (iv A.D.); ἄκρατος καὶ κ. νοῦς X. Cyr. 8.7.20; χρόαι Arist. Sens. 440a5; φωναί Id. Aud. 801b28; of feelings, unmixed, μῖσος τῆς ἀλλοτρίας φύσεως Pl. Mx. 245d, cf. Thgn. 89; serene, φρήν E. Hipp. 1120 (lyr.).
      • 3 clear of objects, free, ἐν καθαρῷ (sc. τόπῳ) in an open space, ἐν κ., ὅθι δὴ νεκύων διεφαίνετο χῶρος Il. 8.491; ἐν κ., ὅθι κύματʼ ἐπʼ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον 23.61, cf. Ph. 2.535 (Sup.); πάξαις Ἄλτιν ἐν κ. in a clearing, Pi. O. 10(11).45; ἐν κ. βῆναι to leave the way clear, S. OC 1575 (lyr.); ἐν τῷ κ. οἰκεῖν live in the clear sunshine, Pl. R. 520d; διὰ καθαροῦ ῥέειν, of a river whose course is clear and open, Hdt. 1.202: with Subst., κελεύθῳ ἐν κ. Pi. O. 6.23; χῶρος κ. Hdt. 1.132; ἐν κ. λειμῶνι Theoc. 26.5; ἐν ἡλίῳ κ. in the open sun, opp. σκιά, Pl. Phdr. 239c; ὥς σφι τὸ ἐμποδὼν ἐγεγόνεε κ. was cleared away, Hdt. 7.183; κ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰς ἀρκυστασίας set up the nets in open ground, X. Cyn. 6.6; freq. of land, free from weeds, etc., παραδώσω τὸν κλῆρον κ. ἀπὸ θρύου καλάμου ἀγρώστεως κτλ. PTeb. 105.59 (ii B.C.); παραδώσω τὰς ἀρούρας κ. ὡς ἔλαβον BGU 1018.25 (iii A.D.): c. gen., γλῶσσα καθαρὴ τῶν σημηΐων clear of the marks, Hdt. 2.38; καθαρὸν τῶν προβόλων, of a fort, Arr. An. 2.21.7; of documents, free from mistakes, POxy. 1277.13 (iii A.D.); χειρόγραφον κ. ἀπὸ ἐπιγραφῆς καὶ ἀλείφαδος free from interlineation and erasure, PLond. 2.178.13 (ii A.D.).
        • b metaph., free, clear of debt, liability, etc., κ. ἀπὸ δημοσίων καὶ παντὸς εἴδους BGU 197.14 (i A.D.); κ. ἀπό τε ὀφειλῆς καὶ ὑποθήκης καὶ παντὸς διεγγυήματος ib. 112.11 (i A.D.); γῆ κ. ἀπὸ γεωργίας βασιλικῆς POxy. 633 (ii A.D.); καθαρὰ ποιῆσαι to give a discharge, PAvrom. 1 A 22; in moral sense, free from pollution, καθαρῷ θανάτῳ an honourable death, Od. 22.462; θάνατον οὐ κ., τὸν διʼ ἀγχόνης Ph. 2.491; ψυχαὶ ἀρηΐφατοι καθαρώτεραι ἢ ἐνὶ νούσοις Heraclit. 136; freq. free from guilt or defilement, pure, χεῖρες A. Eu. 313 (anap.); καθαρὸς χεῖρας Hdt. 1.35, Antipho 5.11, And. 1.95; κ. παρέχειν τινὰ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα καὶ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν Pl. Cra. 405b; ἔρχομαι ἐκ κοθαρῶν κοθαρά Orph. Fr. 32c.1, al.; of ceremonial purity, καθαρὰ καὶ ἁγνή εἰμι ἀπό τε τῶν ἄλλων τῶν οὐ καθαρευόντων καὶ ἀπʼ ἀνδρὸς συνουσίας Jusj. ap. D. 59.78, cf. UPZ 78.28 (ii B.C.), LXX Nu. 8.7, al.; ἀπὸ τάφου καὶ ἐκφορᾶς καθαροί SIG 982.9 (ii B.C.); esp. of persons purified after pollution, ἱκέτης προσῆλθες κ. A. Eu. 474, cf. S. OC 548, etc.; also of things, βωμοί, θύματα, δόμος, μέλαθρα, A. Supp. 654 (lyr.), E. IT 1163, 1231 (troch.), 693: c. gen., clear of or from . ., κ. ἐγκλημάτων Antipho 2.4.11; ἀδικίας, κακῶν, Pl. R. 496d, Cra. 404a; ὁ τῶν κακῶν κ. τόπος Id. Tht. 177a; κ. τὰς χεῖρας φόνου Id. Lg. 864e; Κόρινθον . . ἀποδεῖξαι τῶν μιαιφόνων καθαράν X. HG 4.4.6; κ. εἰμι ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος πάντων Act.Ap. 20.26, cf. D.C. 37.24; κ. ἀπὸ ὅρκου LXX Ge. 24.8; ceremonially pure, of food, ὄσπριον Hdt. 2.37; of victims, LXX Ge. 7.2, al., PGen. 32.9 (ii A.D.), etc.; κ. ἡμέραι, opp. ἀποφράδες, Pl. Lg. 800d.
        • c in act. sense, purifying, cleansing, λέβης Pi. O. 1.26; θέειον Theoc. 24.96.
      • 4 of birth, pure, genuine, σπέρμα θεοῦ Pi. P. 3.15; πόλις E. Ion 673; τῶν Ἀθηναίων ὅπερ ἐστράτευε καθαρὸν ἐξῆλθε, i.e. were citizens of pure blood, Th. 5.8; οἱ τῷ γένει μὴ κ. Arist. Ath. 13.5; κ. ἀστοί Sch. Ar. Ach. 506; καθαρόν a real, genuine saying, Ar. V. 1015; κ. Τίμων a Timon pure and simple, Id. Av. 1549; κ. δοῦλος Antiph. 9 (glossed by ἀπηκριβωμένος, AB 105); ζημία κ., of a person, Alciphro 3.21.
      • 5 of language, pure, ὀνόματα, λέξις, D.H. Comp. 1, 3; διάλεκτος Id. Dem. 5; so of writers, [Λυσίας] κ. τὴν ἑρμηνείαν Id. Lys. 2; [Ξενοφῶν] κ. τοῖς ὀνόμασι Id. Pomp. 4; also, clear, simple, σεμνὸς καὶ κ. Jul. Or. 2.77a.
        • b Gramm., preceded by a vowel, pure, D.T. 635.10, 639.5, Hdn.Gr. 2.930, al.; containing a ‘pure’ syllable, ib. 928.
      • 6 without blemish, sound, ὁ κ. στρατός, τὸ κ. τοῦ στρατοῦ, the sound portion of the army, Hdt. 1.211, 4.135; v. supr. 4.
      • 7 clear, exact, ἂν κ. ὦσιν αἱ ψῆφοι if the accounts are exactly balanced, D. 18.227 (sed cf. καθαιρέω II.5).
    • II Adv. purely, ἁγνῶς καὶ καθαρῶς h.Ap. 121, Hes. Op. 337: Comp. -ωτέρως Porph. Abst. 2.44.
      • 2 of birth, κ. γεγονέναι Hdt. 1.147; αἱ κ. Ἑλληνίδες Sor. 1.112, cf. Luc. Rh. Pr. 24.
      • 3 with clean hands, honestly, σὺν δίκῃ . . καὶ κ. Thgn. 198; δικαίως καὶ κ. D. 9.62; κ. τε καὶ μετρίως τὸν βίον διεξελθεῖν Pl. Phd. 108c.
      • 4 clearly, plainly, λέγειν Ar. V. 631, cf. E. Rh. 35 (anap.); λέξις κ. καὶ ἀκριβῶς ἔχουσα Isoc. 5.4; κ. γνῶναι Ar. V. 1045, Pl. Phd. 66e; εἴσεσθαι ibid.; καθαρώτατα ἀποδεῖξαι Id. Cra. 426b.
      • 5 of language, purely, correctly, -ώτερον διαλέγεσθαι Plu. Col. 2.1116e, cf. Luc. Im. 15.
      • 6 entirely, Ar. Av. 591; κ. τις ὢν ἀόργητος Phld. Ir. p.71 W.; κ. ἐς ἐφήβους τελεῖν D.C. 36.25, cf. Cod.Just. 1.4.34.9: Sup. -ώτατα in its purest form, Phld. Piet. 66.

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