κάθαρμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.tʰar.ma/ → /ˈka.θar.ma/ → /ˈka.θar.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.tʰar.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tʰar.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θar.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θar.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θar.ma/

Noun

κάθαρμα • (kátharma) n (genitive κᾰθάρμᾰτος); third declension

1. offscouring
2. outcast, pariah

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κά̆θᾰρμᾰ; τοῦ κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κά̆θᾰρμᾰ tò kátharma	τὼ κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτε tṑ kathármate	τᾰ̀ κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ tà kathármata
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτος toû kathármatos	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρμᾰ́τοιν toîn katharmátoin	τῶν κᾰθᾰρμᾰ́των tôn katharmátōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτῐ tôi kathármati	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρμᾰ́τοιν toîn katharmátoin	τοῖς κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰσῐ / κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰσῐν toîs kathármasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κά̆θᾰρμᾰ tò kátharma	τὼ κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτε tṑ kathármate	τᾰ̀ κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ tà kathármata
Vocative	κά̆θᾰρμᾰ kátharma	κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτε kathármate	κᾰθᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ kathármata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κάθαρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάθαρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάθαρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dross idem, page 254.
  • gutter idem, page 379.
  • offscouring idem, page 571.
  • refuse idem, page 685.
  • riff-raff idem, page 714.
  • scape goat idem, page 737.
  • scum idem, page 743.
  • sin-offering idem, page 777.
  • sweepings idem, page 848.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάθαρμα (kátharma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaθaɾma/
• Hyphenation: κά‧θαρ‧μα

Noun

κάθαρμα • (kátharma) n (plural καθάρματα)

1. (obsolete, literally) scrap, rubbish (anything to be cleaned or thrown away)
2. (offensive, derogatory, figuratively) scum, bastard, son of a bitch, asshole, prick (extremely unpleasant or objectionable person)

   Δεν θέλω να ξαναδώ αυτό το κάθαρμα μπροστά μου.

   Den thélo na xanadó aftó to kátharma brostá mou.

   I don't ever want to see that bastard in front of me again.

Declension

declension of κάθαρμα

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	κάθαρμα •	καθάρματα •
genitive	καθάρματος •	καθαρμάτων •
accusative	κάθαρμα •	καθάρματα •
vocative	κάθαρμα •	καθάρματα •

Synonyms

• (bastard, asshole): καθίκι n (kathíki), παλιάνθρωπος m (paliánthropos), λέρα f (léra), βρωμιάρης m (vromiáris)

Derived terms

• καθαρματάκι n (katharmatáki) (diminutive form)
• καθαρματάρα f (katharmatára) (augmentative form)

Related terms

• καθαρμός m (katharmós, “purging, purification”)