διακᾰθ-αίρω,
aorist participle -άρας[[ “IG” 11(2).287 A 79] Refs]:—purge thoroughly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 847, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399e, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.6.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρουνούς [[ “IG” [same place]; ἅλωνα NT.Luke.3.17: _metaphorically_, [φιλοσοφία] τέχνας δ. 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 16; τινὰ τοῦ αἰσχροῦ ὀνόματος 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 1.4 ] NT+4th c.AD+]:—middle, of one's own stock, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 735c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II prune, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.7.2 (_passive_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δένδρα [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.207. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]