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κάθαρμα

κάθαρμα, refuse, outcast; purified ground

κάθαρμα [κᾰ], ατος, τό, (καθαίρω)
  • that which is thrown away in cleansing: in pl., offscourings, refuse of a sacrifice, A. Ch. 98; residuum of ore after smelting, slag, Str. 3.28: sg., = κάθαρσις II, Hp. Epid. 5.2.
      • 2 = φαρμακός, Sch. Ar. Pl. 454, Sch. Id. Eq. 1133: hence metaph., of persons, outcast, Ar. Pl. 454; αἱρούμενοι καθάρματα στρατηγούς Eup. 117.8; τοὺς μὲν καθάρματα, τοὺς δὲ πτωχούς, τοὺς δʼ οὐδʼ ἀνθρώπους ὑπολαμβάνων εἶναι D. 21.185, cf. 199, 18.128, Aeschin. 3.211, etc.
    • II in pl., = κάθαρσις, purification, E. IT 1316; ποντίων καθαρμάτων . . ἀμοιβάς in return for clearing the sea (of pirates), Id. HF 225.
    • III ἐντὸς τοῦ καθάρματος within the purified ground where the assembly was held, Ar. Ach. 44.

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