καθαρτικός

kathartikos

of, fit for cleansing

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Sophist 3
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Chapter ?

226e1
231b3
231b3
Timaeus 1
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Chapter ?

60d8

Dictionary (LSJ)

καθαρτικός, ή, όν, A. of, fit for cleansing or purifying, ἐλαίου καὶ γῆς Pl. Ti. 60d; τὰ μέλη τὰ κ. (v. κάθαρσις II) Arist. Pol. 1342a15; τὰ κ. purgatives, Phld. Sign. 25; κ. ἀρεταί Hierocl. in CA 2p.422M.: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) Pl. Sph. 231b. Adv. -κῶς Marin. Procl. 19. II. Medic., promoting κάθαρσις, πρόσθετον Hp. Mul. 1.74; usu . . purgative, δύναμις Gal. 11.768 (metaph., Cebes 14); φάρμακον Plu. 2.999f, cf. Gal. 5.128; οἶνος Dsc. 5.66 (Comp.); κ. alone, Hp. Fract. 24, S.E. M. 8.480.

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