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                    "description": "<b>εως (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[κᾰ]<\/font> purification :<br\/><b>      1<\/b> <i>t. de méd<\/i>. purgation, HPC. <i>Aph. 1254, etc. ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Leg. 628<\/i> d ; <i>particul<\/i>. menstrues, règles mensuelles, HPC. <i>Aph. 1255 ;<\/i> ARSTT. <i>H.A. 6, 18, 20 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> action d’émonder des arbres, TH. <i>C.P. 3, 7, 12 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> <i>au mor<\/i>. soulagement de l’âme par la satisfaction d’un besoin moral, PLAT. <i>Phæd. 67<\/i> c ; ARSTT. <i>Poet. 6, 2, etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> <i>au sens relig<\/i>. HDT. <i>1, 35 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Crat. 405<\/i> a, <i>etc., particul. dans les mystères d’Éleusis,<\/i> cérémonies de purification auxquelles étaient soumis les candidats à l’initiation, ATT.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. καθαίρω.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "εως, ἡ, <i>Elean<\/i> κόθαρσις Schwyzer 412, <b>cleansing<\/b> from guilt or defilement, <b>purification<\/b>, Hdt. 1.35, Pl. <i>Cra.<\/i> 405a, etc. ; κάθαρσις… τὸ χωρίζειν ὅτι μάλιστα ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος τὴν ψυχήν Id. <i>Phd.<\/i> 67c, cf. <i>Sph.<\/i> 227c (pl.); <b>cleansing<\/b> of the universe by fire, Zeno and Chrysipp. <i>Stoic.<\/i> 2.184; <b>cleansing<\/b> of food by or before cooking, Diocl. <i>Fr.<\/i> 138.<br\/><b>clarification<\/b>, φυσικῶν προβλημάτων Epicur. Ep. 2 p. 36U. ; καθάρσεως δεῖται needs <b>explanation<\/b>, Phld. <i>Lib.<\/i> p. 22O. Medic., <b>clearing off of morbid humours<\/b>, etc., <b>evacuation<\/b>, whether natural or by the use of medicines (cf. Gal. 17 (2).358), Hp. <i>Aph.<\/i> 5.36, cf. <i>Acut.<\/i> (Sp.) 31, etc. ; ἰατρικὴ κ. Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 628d; καθάρσεις, the menses in women, Hp. <i>Aph.<\/i> 5.60; καθάρσεις καταμηνίων Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 572b29; so κάθαρσις alone, Id. <i>GA<\/i> 775b5; κ. μετὰ τόκον Hp. <i>Aër.<\/i> 7; ἡ ἐν τοῖς τόκοις κ. Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 574b4; κ. αἵματος αὐτομάτη μοι… συνέβη D. 54.12. τραγῳδία… δι’ ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κ. Arist. <i>Po.<\/i> 1449b28, cf. <i>Pol.<\/i> 1341b38.<br\/><b>pruning<\/b> of trees, Thphr. <i>CP<\/i> 3.7.12.<br\/><b>winnowing<\/b> of grain, in pl., PTeb. 92.10 (ii BC); κ. πυροῦ PRyl. 71.9 (i BC); τοῦ καρποῦ Ph. 2.57 (sg.).<br\/><b>clearing<\/b> of land, PSI 6.577.13 (iii BC), PPetr. 3 p. 122 (iii BC), etc."
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                    "description": "ἡ, <i>die Reinigung, Sühnung<\/i> ; Her. 1.35 ; Plat. <i>Crat<\/i>. 405a u. öfter ; <i>defin<\/i>. 415d heißt es κάθ. ἀπόκρισις χειρόνων ἀπὸ βελτιόνων ; αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς καθάρσεις <i>Soph<\/i>. 227a. – Bei Hippocr. u. den Aerzten <i>die Reinigung des Körpers durch Arzneimittel<\/i> und, wie Arist. <i>H.A<\/i>. 6.18, <i>die monatliche Reinigung der Frauen<\/i>."
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                    "description": "<b>a cleansing <\/b> from guilt or defilement, <b>purification <\/b>, Lat. <i>lustratio<\/i>, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)"
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