κάθαρσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κόθᾰρσῐς (kóthărsĭs) — Elean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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
tēî 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

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