ἀποκάθαρσις

apokatharsis

purging

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 18 722a1–726a27

726a13
History of Animals 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 10 587a9–587b18

587a35
Meteorology 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 382b28–383b17

383b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποκάθαρσις, εως, ἡ, A. purging: hence, of dross, Arist. Mete. 383b4, cf. Str. 4.2.1; of animal secretions, Arist. GA 726a13, cf. HA 587b1; ἀποκαθάρσεις χολῆς Th. 2.49. 2. cleansing, πνεύματος Gp. 12.22.11; sifting of grain, PRev.Laws 39.10 (iii B.C.), PLond.ined.2361r (iii B.C.). II. lustration, expiation, Plu. Rom. 21, Iamb. Comm.Math. 15; νείκους Hierocl. in CA 24p.473M.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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