καθάρσιος
καθάρσιος
κᾰθάρσιος, ον
καθαίρω
cleansing from guilt or defilement, purifying, Hdt., Soph.:—of sacrifice, αἷμα Aesch.; πῦρ, φλόξ Eur.
c. gen., καθ. φόνου cleansing or purifying from blood, Aesch.; but, κ. οἴκων purifying them, Eur.
as Subst., καθάρσιον (sc. ἱερόν) , a purifying sacrifice, Aeschin.:— hence, purification, Hdt.