κάθαρσις

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κόθαρσις

Etymology

From καθαίρω "I cleanse"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kátʰarsis/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kátʰarsis/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /káθarsis/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /káθarsis/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /káθaɾsis/

Noun

κάθαρσις (genitive καθάρσεως) f, third declension; (katharsis)

1. cleansing, purification (in a moral/spiritual sense)
2. clarification, explanation
3. purging, evacuation (in a medical sense)
4. pruning trees, shearing grain, clearing land

Inflection

Third declension of κᾰθάρσῐς, κᾰθάρσεως

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰθάρσῐς	τὼ κᾰθάρσει	αἱ κᾰθάρσεις
Genitive	τῆς κᾰθάρσεως	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρσέοιν	τῶν κᾰθάρσεων
Dative	τῇ κᾰθάρσει	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρσέοιν	ταῖς κᾰθάρσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰθάρσῐν	τὼ κᾰθάρσει	τὰς κᾰθάρσεις
Vocative	κᾰθάρσῐ	κᾰθάρσει	κᾰθάρσεις

Third declension of κᾰθάρσῐς, κᾰθάρσιος (Ionic, Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰθάρσῐς	τὼ κᾰθάρσιε	αἱ κᾰθάρσιες
Genitive	τῆς κᾰθάρσιος	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρσίοιν	τῶν κᾰθᾰρσίων
Dative	τῇ κᾰθάρσῑ, κᾰθάρσει	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρσίοιν	ταῖς κᾰθάρσῐσῐ(ν), κᾰθᾰρσίεσῐ(ν), κᾰθάρσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰθάρσῐν	τὼ κᾰθάρσιε	τὰς κᾰθάρσῑς, κᾰθάρσιᾰς
Vocative	κᾰθάρσῐ	κᾰθάρσιε	κᾰθάρσιες

Descendants

• catharsis
• Russian: катарсис (kátarsis) m

References

• LSJ