A.cleanser, purifier, μάγοι καὶ κ. Hp.Morb. Sacr.1, cf. D.Chr.4.89(pl.); σοῦ γὰρ ἔρχομαι . . κ. S.El.70; στρατοῦ κ. Id.Fr.34; “τῆς χώρας” Ar.V.1043; “ποταμῶν” Plu.Luc.26; θηρίων, of Heracles, Max.Tyr.21.6: metaph., “δοξῶν . . . περὶ ψυχὴν κ. εἶναι” Pl.Sph. 231e; as occupational name, IG5(1).209.25 (i B.C.).
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