ἀποκαθαίρω,
aorist infinitive -ῆραι[[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.129] Refs 2nd c.AD+], but subjunctive -άρῃ[[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.17.10] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—clear, cleanse or clean quite, ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὰ χειρόμακτρα upon the towels, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.5] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς προσθίοις ἀ. σκέλεσιν, of flies, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 683a29] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ [prev. author] “Pr.” 958b5] Refs]:—middle, rid oneself of, [[[prev. work] 880a32. ] Refs]
__2 refine metal by smelting, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.23; ῥητίνη ἀποκεκαθαρμένη ] Refs 1st c.BC+]purified, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.25: _metaphorically_, ἀποκεκαθάρθαι τὴν φωνήν] Refs 1st c.AD+] to be pure in dialect, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist. Conscr.” 21. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II cleanse off, clear away, τὰς τραπέζας[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1193; ἀ. τὰς βαναύσους τέχνας εἰς οἰκετῶν καὶ μετοίκων χέρας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Comp. Lyc.Num.” 2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; remove by purging or clearing, ἴκτερον[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.71] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀ.ἄνω purge by emetics, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 3.9] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be removed by purging, [[ [prev. author] “VM” 19] Refs]: generally, to be got rid of, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 72d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 568b9] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be thrown off, [[ [prev. author] “Mete.” 383a34:] Refs] —middle, ἀποκαθήρασθαί τι get rid of a thing, [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 104b, Demophilus Gnomologus “Sim.” 25; τινός ] Refs 5th c.BC+]rid oneself of.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.27.] Refs 5th c.BC+]