καθαρεύω

kathareuo

to be clean

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book VI 1
Chapter ?

759c3
Book XII 1
Chapter ?

947d3
Phaedo 2
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58b5
67a5
Letters 1
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357a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

καθαρεύω, (καθαρός) A. to be clean or pure, Pl. Phd. 58b, Lg. 759c, Phld. Lib.p.9O., Porph. Abst. 4.6; of sifted grain, PPetr. 2p.2 (iii B.C.): c. gen., to be clean or free from, φόνου Pl. Ep. 357a; [κακιῶν] Phld. Rh. 1.218S.; ἁμαρτημάτων Plu. Cat.Mi. 24; ὀνείδους Luc. Am. 22; κ. πυρετοῦ to be free from fever, Gal. 7.503: hence ἡμέραι -εύουσαι ibid.; κ. ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ (sc. τοῦ σώματος) Pl. Phd. 67a; κ. γνώμῃ to be pure or clean in mind, Ar. Ra. 355; περί τι Plb. 6.56.15. 2. Rhet., of a writer, to be pure, correct in language, κ. τὴν διάλεκτον D.H. Lys. 2; οἱ καθαρεύοντες purists, Hdn.Gr.2.224. 3. Gramm., to be preceded by a vowel, to be ‘pure’ (cf. καθαρός 1.5b), A.D. Pron. 99.24, Theodos. Can.p.70H.; contain a ‘pure’ syllable, Hdn.Gr.2.923, Id. ap.Eust. 1859.13.

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