ἐκ-κᾰθαίρω,
Ionic dialectaorist I-εκάθηρα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Attic dialect -εκάθᾱρα[[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— cleanse out:
__1 with accusative of the thing cleansed, clear out, οὐρούς τ᾽ ἐξεκάθαιρον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.153 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν κοιλίην Hdt.[same place]; μήτρας, ὀδόντας, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.88, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 5.25.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χθόνα ἐκκαθαίρει κνωδάλων he clears this land of monsters, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 264 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸν βίον (i.e.the world) [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 13.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ.τινά, ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντα, εἰς τὴν κρίσιν clear him of all roughness, polish him up, metaphorically from the finishing touches of a sculptor, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361d; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό τινος NT.2Tim.2.21 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; ἐ.λογισμόν clear off an account, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.64f] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be cleansed, purified, ἐκκεκαθαρμένοι τὰς ψυχάς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 527d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be cleared up, explained, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.36U. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative of the thing removed, clear away, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3a, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 625b34; τὸ τοιοῦτον ἐ. γένος 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν δωροδοκίαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Din.[same place]; κόπρον [[ “APl.” 4.92.7. ] Refs]