καθαίρω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom καθαρός (katharós, “clean”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tʰǎi̯.rɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈtʰɛ.ro/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈθɛ.ro/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈθe.ro/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈθe.ro/
Verb
editκαθαίρω • (kathaírō)
- to make clean, to clean, cleanse
- to clear, purify; to purify from
- (religion) to purify
- (mediopassive) to purify oneself
- (medicine) to purge
- (horticulture) to remove growth from a plant, prune
- to sift
Usage notes
editDefinitions #1 and #2 can be used in a variety of senses including medical, ethical, spiritual, house-cleaning, etc.
The object may be the thing that one is cleaning, or the thing that is being removed by cleaning.
Inflection
edit Present: κᾰθαίρω, κᾰθαίρομαι
Imperfect: ἐκᾰ́θαιρον, ἐκᾰθαιρόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκᾰ́θαιρον | ἐκᾰ́θαιρες | ἐκᾰ́θαιρε(ν) | ἐκᾰθαίρετον | ἐκᾰθαιρέτην | ἐκᾰθαίρομεν | ἐκᾰθαίρετε | ἐκᾰ́θαιρον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκᾰθαιρόμην | ἐκᾰθαίρου | ἐκᾰθαίρετο | ἐκᾰθαίρεσθον | ἐκᾰθαιρέσθην | ἐκᾰθαιρόμεθᾰ | ἐκᾰθαίρεσθε | ἐκᾰθαίροντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: κεκάθαρκᾰ, κεκάθαρμαι
Derived terms
edit- ἀνακαθαίρω (anakathaírō)
- καθάρσιος (kathársios)
- κάθαρσις (kátharsis)
- καθαρτέον (kathartéon)
- καθαρτέος (kathartéos)
- καθαρτήρ (kathartḗr)
- καθαρτήριος (kathartḗrios)
- καθαρτικός (kathartikós)
- καθάρτρια (kathártria)
- καθαρώδης (katharṓdēs)
- συγκαθαίρω (sunkathaírō)
References
edit- “καθαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καθαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “καθαίρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καθαίρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
- καθαίρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2508 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible