καθάρειος

kathareios

cleanly, neat, tidy

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19

1381b1
Book III 1
Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15

1416a23
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

626a24

Dictionary (LSJ)

καθάρειος, later καθάριος [θᾰ], ον, (καθαρός) of persons, A. cleanly, neat, tidy, τοὺς καθαρείους περὶ ὄψιν, περὶ ἀμπεχόνην, περὶ ὅλον τὸν βίον Arist. Rh. 1381b1: -ιώτατόν (v.l. -ειότατόν) ἐστιτὸ ζῷον (i.e. the bee) Id. HA 626a24; καθάρειοι ταῖς διαίταις D.S. 5.33 (καθάριοι codd.); οἱ καθαρειότεροι decent, respectable men, Phld. Rh. 2.150S., Hierocl. p.63A. (-ριώτ-, -ρώτ- codd., em. Meineke); of things, ἐὰν ἡ σκευασία καθάρ<ε>ιος ᾖ Men. Phasm.Fr. 2; καθαριώτερα (or -ειότερα) ὅπλα Plb. 11.9.5; τὸ κ., daintiness, of food, Plu. 2.663c; κ. ἄρτος white bread, Sammelb. 5730 (iv/v A.D., sg.), PMag.Lond. 46.230 (pl.); βίος, δίαιτα καθάρειος, refined, Ath. 3.74d, Carm.Aur. 35; εἰς τὰ καθάρεια λιμὸς εἰσοικίζεται Men. 841 (καθαρά codd.). Adv. -είως cleanly, tidily, ἐγχέουσιν X. Cyr. 1.3.8, cf. Posidon. 15J., Dsc. 1.44; neatly, κ. εἰργασμένος Ph. Bel. 76.27; clearly, ὑποδεῖξαι Plb. 15.5.5; also, frugally, μὴ πολυτελῶς, ἀλλὰ καθαρείως Eub. 110.1, Ephipp. 15.3, Nicostr. 6.2; ἔχειν καθαρ<ε>ίως ἐγχελύδιον Amphis 35; μονοτροφοῦντες καθαρίως καὶ λιτῶς Str. 3.3.6; irreproachably, ἀναστραφεὶς ἀνδρήως καὶ καθαρήως (sic) AJA 17.31 (Sardes, i B.C.). II. Gramm. of language, pure, correct, ὄνομα Sch.Ar. Ach. 244; οἱ κ. purists, Archig. ap. Gal. 8.578. [-ειος is written in Phld. Rh. l.c. (Comp.), PSI 3.158.50 (Comp., iii A.D.), Phld. D. 3.8, PMag.Lond. l.c., and required by metre in Eub., Nicostr., Carm.Aur., Il.cc.: -ιος never.]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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