κάθαρσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κόθᾰρσῐς (kóthărsĭs) — Elean

Etymology

From κᾰθαίρω (kăthaírō, “to cleanse”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.tʰar.sis/ → /ˈka.θar.sis/ → /ˈka.θar.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.tʰar.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tʰar.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θar.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θar.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θar.sis/

Noun

κᾰ́θᾰρσῐς • (kắthărsĭs) f (genitive κᾰθᾰ́ρσεως); third declension

1. cleansing, purification (in a moral/spiritual sense)
2. clarification, explanation
3. purging, evacuation (in a medical sense)
4. pruning trees, shearing grain, clearing land

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰ́θᾰρσῐς; τῆς κᾰθᾰ́ρσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́θᾰρσῐς hē kắthărsĭs	τὼ κᾰθᾰ́ρσει tṑ kăthắrsei	αἱ κᾰθᾰ́ρσεις hai kăthắrseis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰθᾰ́ρσεως tês kăthắrseōs	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρσέοιν toîn kăthărséoin	τῶν κᾰθᾰ́ρσεων tôn kăthắrseōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰθᾰ́ρσει têi kăthắrsei	τοῖν κᾰθᾰρσέοιν toîn kăthărséoin	ταῖς κᾰθᾰ́ρσεσῐ / κᾰθᾰ́ρσεσῐν taîs kăthắrsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́θᾰρσῐν tḕn kắthărsĭn	τὼ κᾰθᾰ́ρσει tṑ kăthắrsei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰθᾰ́ρσεις tā̀s kăthắrseis
Vocative	κᾰ́θᾰρσῐ kắthărsĭ	κᾰθᾰ́ρσει kăthắrsei	κᾰθᾰ́ρσεις kăthắrseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: catharsis
• Portuguese: catarse
• Latin: catharsis
• Russian: ка́тарсис m (kátarsis)

References

• “κάθαρσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάθαρσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάθαρσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cleansing idem, page 136.
  • disinfection idem, page 234.
  • expurgation idem, page 296.
  • lustration idem, page 505.
  • purging idem, page 658.
  • purification idem, page 658.
  • sanctification idem, page 733.
  • washing idem, page 964.