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  "headword": "κάθαρσις",
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          "definition": "<i>cleansing</i> from guilt or defilement, <i>purification,</i> Hdt. 1.35, Pl. Cra. 405a, etc.; κάθαρσις . . τὸ χωρίζειν ὅτι μάλιστα ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος τὴν ψυχήν Id. Phd. 67c, cf. Sph. 227c (pl.); <i>cleansing</i> of the universe by fire, Zeno and Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.184; <i>cleansing</i> of food by or before cooking, Diocl. Fr. 138.",
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                "quote": "κάθαρσις . . τὸ χωρίζειν ὅτι μάλιστα ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος τὴν ψυχήν",
                "ref": "Id. Phd. 67c",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>clarification,</i> φυσικῶν προβλημάτων Epicur. Ep. 2p.36U.; καθάρσεως δεῖται needs <i>explanation,</i> Phld. Lib. p.22O.",
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                        "quote": "φυσικῶν προβλημάτων",
                        "ref": "Epicur. Ep. 2p.36U.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>clearing off of morbid humours,</i> etc., <i>evacuation,</i> whether natural or by the use of medicines (cf. Gal. 17(2).358), Hp. Aph. 5.36, cf. Acut. ( Sp.) 31, etc.; ἰατρικὴ κ. Pl. Lg. 628d; καθάρσεις, the menses in women, Hp. Aph. 5.60; καθάρσεις καταμηνίων Arist. HA 572b29; so κάθαρσις alone, Id. GA 775b5; κ. μετὰ τόκον Hp. Aër. 7; ἡ ἐν τοῖς τόκοις κ. Arist. HA 574b4; κ. αἵματος αὐτομάτη μοι . . συνέβη D. 54.12.",
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                    "quote": "καθάρσεις καταμηνίων",
                    "ref": "Arist. HA 572b29",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κ. μετὰ τόκον",
                    "ref": "Hp. Aër. 7",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κ. αἵματος αὐτομάτη μοι . . συνέβη",
                    "ref": "D. 54.12",
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                  "definition": "",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "τραγῳδία . . διʼ ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κ. Arist. Po. 1449b28, cf. Pol. 1341b38.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>pruning</i> of trees, Thphr. CP 3.7.12.",
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              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>winnowing</i> of grain, in pl., PTeb. 92.10 (ii B.C.); κ. πυροῦ PRyl. 71.9 (i B.C.); τοῦ καρποῦ Ph. 2.57 (sg.).",
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                    "quote": "κ. πυροῦ",
                    "ref": "PRyl. 71.9",
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                    "quote": "τοῦ καρποῦ",
                    "ref": "Ph. 2.57",
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              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>clearing</i> of land, PSI 6.577.13 (iii B.C.), PPetr. 3p.122 (iii B.C.), etc.",
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  "key": "ka^/qarsis",
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