A.that which is thrown away in cleansing: in pl., offscourings, refuse of a sacrifice, A.Ch.98; residuum of ore after smelting, slag, Str.3.28: sg.,= “κάθαρσις” 11, Hp.Epid. 5.2.
2. = φαρμακός, Sch.Ar.Pl.454, Sch.Id.Eq.1133: hence metaph., of persons, outcast, Ar.Pl.454; “αἱρούμενοι καθάρματα στρατηγούς” Eup.117.8; “τοὺς μὲν καθάρματα, τοὺς δὲ πτωχούς, τοὺς δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἀνθρώπους ὑπολαμβάνων εἶναι” D.21.185, cf. 199, 18.128, Aeschin.3.211, etc.
II. in pl.,= κάθαρσις, purification, E.IT1316; ποντίων καθαρμάτων . . ἀμοιβάς in return for clearing the sea (of pirates), Id.HF225.
III. ἐντὸς τοῦ καθάρματος within the purified ground where the assembly was held, Ar.Ach.44.