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ἀκα?́θαρ-τος , ον, (καθαίρω)
A.uncleansed, foul, “ἀήρHp.Aër.6; of the body, Arist.Pr.883b27; “ἕλκοςHp.Fract. 27; of a woman, quae menstrua non habet, Demad.Fr.4, Luc.Lex.19; of ceremonial impurity, LXX Le.12.2, al., IG3.74.3.
b. unpurified, Pl.Lg.866a, 868a.
2. morally unclean, impure, Pl.Phd.81b, D.19.199, etc.; “ἀκάθαρτεthou beast! Bato5; = μανιώδης, Achae.30; “. πνεῦμαLXX Za.13.2, Ev.Matt.12.43, cf. PMag.Par.1.1238. Adv. “ἀκαθάρτως, ἔχεινPl.Ti.92b.
3. ofthings, notpurgedaway, unpurged, S.OT256, Pl.Lg.854b.
b. unpruned, Thphr.CP1.15.1.
c. ceremonially unclean, of food, LXX Le.5.2, al., Act.Ap.10.14.
d. not sifted, containing impurities, PPetr.2p.8 (iii B. C.).
II. Act., not fit for cleansing, [“φάρμακα] ἑλκέων ἀκαθαρτότεραAret.CD1.8.
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    • Demades, On the Twelve Years, 4
    • Demosthenes, On the False Embassy, 199
    • New Testament, Acts, 10.14
    • Old Testament, Zechariah, 13.2
    • Plato, Laws, 854b
    • Plato, Laws, 866a
    • Plato, Laws, 868a
    • Plato, Phaedo, 81b
    • Plato, Timaeus, 92b
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 256
    • Hippocrates, De fracturis, 27
    • Aretaeus, De curatione diuturnorum morborum libri duo, 1.8
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 12.2
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 5.2
    • New Testament, Matthew, 12.43
    • Lucian, Lexiphanes, 19
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