ἐκκαθαίρω

ekkathairo

cleanse out

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book II 1
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361d5
Book VII 1
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527d8
Euthyphro 1
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3a1
Letters 1
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314a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκκαθαίρω, Ion.aor.I-εκάθηρα Hdt. 2.86, Att.-εκάθᾱρα Din. 2.5:— Α. cleanse out: 1. with acc. of the thing cleansed, clear out, οὐρούς τʼ ἐξεκάθαιρον Il. 2.153 ; τὴν κοιλίην Hdt. l.c.; μήτρας, ὀδόντας, Hp. Mul. 1.88, Orib. Syn. 5.25.3; χθόνα ἐκκαθαίρει κνωδάλων he clears this land of monsters, A. Supp. 264; τὸν βίον (i.e.the world) Luc. DDeor. 13.1; ἐ.τινά, ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντα, εἰς τὴν κρίσιν clear him of all roughness, polish him up, metaph. from the finishing touches of a sculptor, Pl. R. 361d; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό τινος 2 Ep.Ti. 2.21; ἐ.λογισμόν clear off an account, Plu. 2.64f :—Pass., to be cleansed, purified, ἐκκεκαθαρμένοι τὰς ψυχάς X. Smp. 1.4, cf. Pl. R. 527d; to be cleared up, explained, Epicur. Ep. 2p.36U. 2. with acc. of the thing removed, clear away, Pl. Euthphr. 3a, cf. Arist. HA 625b34 ; τὸ τοιοῦτον ἐ. γένος Diph. 32.17 ; τὴν δωροδοκίαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Din.l.c.; κόπρον APl. 16.92.7.

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