κάθαρμα[κᾰ],ατος,τό,(καθαίρω)
A. that which is thrown away in cleansing: in pl.,offscourings, refuse of a sacrifice, A. Ch. 98 ;residuumof ore after smelting,slag, Str. 3.28 : sg.,= κάθαρσις
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, 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. IT 1316 ;ποντίων καθαρμάτων . . ἀμοιβάςin returnfor clearingthe sea (of pirates), Id. HF 225 .
III. ἐντὸς τοῦ καθάρματοςwithinthe purified groundwhere the assembly was held, Ar. Ach. 44 .