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κα^θάρ-ειος , later καθάριος [θα^], ον, καθαρός) of persons,
A.cleanly, neat, tidy, “τοὺς καθαρείους περὶ ὄψιν, περὶ ἀμπεχόνην, περὶ ὅλον τὸν βίονArist.Rh.1381b1: -ιώτατόν (v.l. -ειότατόν ἐστιτὸ ζῷον (i.e. the bee) Id.HA626a24; “καθάρειοι ταῖς διαίταιςD.S.5.33 (καθάριοι codd.); οἱ καθαρειότεροι decent, respectable men, Phld.Rh.2.150S., Hierocl. p.63A. (-ριώτ-, -ρώτ- codd., em. Meineke); of things, “ἐὰν σκευασία καθάρ<ε>ιος Men.Phasm.Fr.2; καθαριώτερα (or -ειότερα)“ ὅπλαPlb. 11.9.5; τὸ κ., daintiness, of food, Plu.2.663c; κ. ἄρτος white bread, Sammelb.5730 (iv/v A.D., sg.), PMag.Lond.46.230 (pl.); βίος, δίαιτα καθάρειος, refined, Ath.3.74d, Carm.Aur.35; “εἰς τὰ καθάρεια λιμὸς εἰσοικίζεταιMen.841 (καθαρά codd.). Adv. -είως cleanly, tidily, “ἐγχέουσινX.Cyr.1.3.8, cf. Posidon.15J., Dsc.1.44; neatly, “κ. εἰργασμένοςPh.Bel.76.27; clearly, “ὑποδεῖξαιPlb.15.5.5; also, frugally, “μὴ πολυτελῶς, ἀλλὰ καθαρείωςEub.110.1, Ephipp.15.3, Nicostr.6.2; “ἔχειν καθαρ<ε>ίως ἐγχελύδιονAmphis35; “μονοτροφοῦντες καθαρίως καὶ λιτῶςStr.3.3.6; irreproachably, ἀναστραφεὶς ἀνδρήως καὶ καθαρήως (sic) AJA17.31 (Sardes, i B.C.).
II. Gramm. of language, pure, correct, ὄνομα Sch.Ar.Ach.244; οἱ κ. purists, Archig. ap. Gal.8.578. [-ειος is written in Phld.Rh. l.c. (Comp.), PSI3.158.50 (Comp., iii A.D.), Phld.D.3.8, PMag.Lond. l.c., and required by metre in Eub., Nicostr., Carm.Aur., Il.cc.: -ιος never.] -ειότης, later καθα^ριότης , ητος, , cleanliness, neatness, Hdt.2.37, X.Mem.2.1.22; purity, “διαφέρει ὄψις ἁφῆς καθαρειότητιArist.EN1176a1, cf. 1177a26; “τοῦ ἀέροςThphr.Sens.48; purity of language, Plu.Lyc.21, S.E. M.1.176.
2. scrupulousness, moral integrity, IG4.1 (Aegina, ii B.C.), OGI339.14 (Sestos, ii B.C.).
3. elegance, refinement, τῇ κ. Κυπρίους . . [ὑπερέβαλε] Duris 10J.; opp. περιεργία, Plu.2.693b, cf. 142a, Crass.3; opp. λιτότης, Hierocl.in CA17p.457M.; also, simplicity, frugality, “τῆς διαίτηςPlu.2.644c; economy of movement in a surgeon's hand, ib.67e.
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    • Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 1176a.1
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.37
    • Strabo, Geography, 3.3.6
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 1.3.8
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 2.1.22
    • Polybius, Histories, 11.9.5
    • Polybius, Histories, 15.5.5
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 244
    • Plutarch, Crassus, 3
    • Plutarch, Lycurgus, 21
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 5.33
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