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κα^θαρ-τικός , ή, όν,
A.of, fit for cleansing or purifying, “ἐλαίου καὶ γῆςPl.Ti.60d; τὰ μέλη τὰ κ. (v. “κάθαρσις11) Arist.Pol.1342a15; τὰ κ. purgatives, Phld.Sign. 25; “κ. ἀρεταίHierocl.in CA2p.422M.: -κή (sc. τέχνη) Pl.Sph. 231b. Adv. “-κῶςMarin.Procl.19.
II. Medic., promotingκάθαρσις, πρόσθετονHp.Mul.1.74; usu . . purgative, “δύναμιςGal.11.768 (metaph., Cebes 14); “φάρμακονPlu.2.999f, cf. Gal.5.128; “οἶνοςDsc.5.66 (Comp.); κ. alone, Hp.Fract.24, S.E.M.8.480.
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    • Plato, Sophist, 231b
    • Plato, Timaeus, 60d
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