κάθαρσις
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)
- cleansing, purification (in a moral/spiritual sense)
- clarification, explanation
- purging, evacuation (in a medical sense)
- 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 |
| 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 |