A.“-ιῶ” Ep.Hebr.9.14:—cleanse, “θυσιαστήριον” LXXEx.29.36, cf. Ev.Matt.23.25, Act.Ap.10.15; sift grain, PStrassb.2.11 (iii A.D.); prune away, “περισσὰ βλαστήματα” PLond.1.131r192 (i A.D.); clear ground of weeds, etc., PLips.111.12 (iv A.D.); keep a precinct clear, “ἀπό τινων” IG5(1).1390.37 (Andania, i B.C.):—in Med., fut. -ιοῦμαι, of the menses, Hp.Superf. 43.
II. of persons, purify, “ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας” LXXSi.38.10; “ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ” 2 Ep.Cor.7.1; “τὴν συνείδησιν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων” Ep.Hebr.9.14; cleanse from leprosy, Ev.Matt.8.2 (and in Pass., of the disease, ib.3):—Pass., -ιζέστω ἀπὸ γυναικός κτλ. IG22.1366.4, cf. 1365.