καθαρισμός

Ancient Greek

Synonyms

• κᾰθᾰρμός (katharmós)

Etymology

From κᾰθᾰρῐ́ζω (katharízō, “I clean”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tʰa.riz.mós/ → /ka.θa.rizˈmos/ → /ka.θa.rizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰa.riz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰa.rizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.θa.rizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.θa.rizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.θa.rizˈmos/

Noun

κᾰθᾰρῐσμός • (katharismós) m (genitive κᾰθᾰρῐσμοῦ); second declension

1. cleansing, purification
2. atonement
3. purging, discharge

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰθᾰρῐσμός; τοῦ κᾰθᾰρῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰθᾰρῐσμός ho katharismós	τὼ κᾰθᾰρῐσμώ tṑ katharismṓ	οἱ κᾰθᾰρῐσμοί hoi katharismoí
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰθᾰρῐσμοῦ toû katharismoû	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρῐσμοῖν toîn katharismoîn	τῶν κᾰθᾰρῐσμῶν tôn katharismôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰθᾰρῐσμῷ tôi katharismôi	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρῐσμοῖν toîn katharismoîn	τοῖς κᾰθᾰρῐσμοῖς toîs katharismoîs
Accusative	τὸν κᾰθᾰρῐσμόν tòn katharismón	τὼ κᾰθᾰρῐσμώ tṑ katharismṓ	τοὺς κᾰθᾰρῐσμούς toùs katharismoús
Vocative	κᾰθᾰρῐσμέ katharismé	κᾰθᾰρῐσμώ katharismṓ	κᾰθᾰρῐσμοί katharismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “καθαρισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2512 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Noun

καθαρισμός • (katharismós) m (plural καθαρισμοί)

1. scouring, cleaning up

   σκόνη καθαρισμού ― skóni katharismoú ― scouring powder

Declension

Declension of καθαρισμός

	singular	plural
nominative	καθαρισμός •	καθαρισμοί •
genitive	καθαρισμού •	καθαρισμών •
accusative	καθαρισμό •	καθαρισμούς •
vocative	καθαρισμέ •	καθαρισμοί •

Synonyms

• καθάρισμα n (kathárisma)