καθαρτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰθαίρω (kathaírō, “to cleanse, to purify”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tʰar.ti.kós/ → /ka.θar.tiˈkos/ → /ka.θar.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰar.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰar.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.θar.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.θar.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.θar.tiˈkos/

Adjective

κᾰθᾰρτῐκός • (kathartikós) m (feminine κᾰθᾰρτῐκή, neuter κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or fit for cleansing or purifying
2. (medicine) promoting catharsis, purgative

Inflection

First and second declension of κᾰθᾰρτῐκός; κᾰθᾰρτῐκή; κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰθᾰρτῐκός kathartikós	κᾰθᾰρτῐκή kathartikḗ	κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν kathartikón		κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kathartikṓ	κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾱ́ kathartikā́	κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kathartikṓ		κᾰθᾰρτῐκοί kathartikoí	κᾰθᾰρτῐκαί kathartikaí	κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾰ́ kathartiká
Genitive		κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῦ kathartikoû	κᾰθᾰρτῐκῆς kathartikês	κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῦ kathartikoû		κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖν kathartikoîn	κᾰθᾰρτῐκαῖν kathartikaîn	κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖν kathartikoîn		κᾰθᾰρτῐκῶν kathartikôn	κᾰθᾰρτῐκῶν kathartikôn	κᾰθᾰρτῐκῶν kathartikôn
Dative		κᾰθᾰρτῐκῷ kathartikôi	κᾰθᾰρτῐκῇ kathartikêi	κᾰθᾰρτῐκῷ kathartikôi		κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖν kathartikoîn	κᾰθᾰρτῐκαῖν kathartikaîn	κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖν kathartikoîn		κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖς kathartikoîs	κᾰθᾰρτῐκαῖς kathartikaîs	κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖς kathartikoîs
Accusative		κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν kathartikón	κᾰθᾰρτῐκήν kathartikḗn	κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν kathartikón		κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kathartikṓ	κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾱ́ kathartikā́	κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kathartikṓ		κᾰθᾰρτῐκούς kathartikoús	κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾱ́ς kathartikā́s	κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾰ́ kathartiká
Vocative		κᾰθᾰρτῐκέ kathartiké	κᾰθᾰρτῐκή kathartikḗ	κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν kathartikón		κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kathartikṓ	κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾱ́ kathartikā́	κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kathartikṓ		κᾰθᾰρτῐκοί kathartikoí	κᾰθᾰρτῐκαί kathartikaí	κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾰ́ kathartiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κᾰθᾰρτῐκῶς kathartikôs				κᾰθᾰρτῐκώτερος kathartikṓteros				κᾰθᾰρτῐκώτᾰτος kathartikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: καθαρτικός (kathartikós)
• → New Latin: catharticus (learned)
  • → English: cathartic (learned)
  • → French: cathartique (learned)
    • → Romanian: cathartic
  • → German: kathartisch (learned)
    • → Hungarian: katartikus
  • → Italian: catartico (learned)
  • → Portuguese: catártico (learned)
  • → Spanish: catártico (learned)

Further reading

• “καθαρτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καθαρτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καθαρτικός 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.
  • cleansing idem, page 136.
  • lustral idem, page 505.
  • purgative idem, page 658.
  • purifying idem, page 658.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).

Adjective

καθαρτικός • (kathartikós) m (feminine καθαρτική, neuter καθαρτικό)

1. cleansing
2. laxative

Declension

Declension of καθαρτικός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	καθαρτικός •	καθαρτική •	καθαρτικό •	καθαρτικοί •	καθαρτικές •	καθαρτικά •
genitive	καθαρτικού •	καθαρτικής •	καθαρτικού •	καθαρτικών •	καθαρτικών •	καθαρτικών •
accusative	καθαρτικό •	καθαρτική •	καθαρτικό •	καθαρτικούς •	καθαρτικές •	καθαρτικά •
vocative	καθαρτικέ •	καθαρτική •	καθαρτικό •	καθαρτικοί •	καθαρτικές •	καθαρτικά •

Related terms

• see: καθαρός (katharós, “clean, pure”)