A.“-εκάθα_ρα” Din.2.5:— cleanse out:
1. with acc. of the thing cleansed, clear out, “οὐρούς τ᾽ ἐξεκάθαιρον” Il.2.153 ; τὴν κοιλίην Hdt.l.c.; μήτρας, ὀδόντας, Hp. Mul.1.88, Orib.Syn.5.25.3; χθόνα ἐκκαθαίρει κνωδάλων he clears this land of monsters, A.Supp.264; τὸν βίον (i.e.the world) Luc.DDeor. 13.1; ἐ.τινά, ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντα, εἰς τὴν κρίσιν clear him of all roughness, polish him up, metaph. from the finishing touches of a sculptor, Pl.R. 361d; “ἑαυτὸν ἀπό τινος” 2 Ep.Ti.2.21; ἐ.λογισμόν clear off an account, Plu.2.64f :—Pass., to be cleansed, purified, “ἐκκεκαθαρμένοι τὰς ψυχάς” X.Smp.1.4, cf. Pl.R.527d; to be cleared up, explained, Epicur.Ep.2p.36U.