καθαρός
Alt. κα^θα^ρός,
1. "clear of dirt, clean, spotless, unsoiled", Od., Hdt., Eur.
2. "clear, open, free", ἐν καθαρῷ (sc. τόπῳ) in "a clear, open" space, Il.; ἐν καθαρῷ βῆναι to leave the way "clear", Soph.; διὰ καθαροῦ ῥέειν, of a river whose course is "clear and open", Hdt.; τὸ ἐμποδὼν ἐγεγόνεε καθαρόν the hindrance was "cleared away", id=Hdt.:—c. gen., γλῶσσα καθαρὴ τῶν σημηΐων "clear" of the marks, id=Hdt.
3. in moral sense, "clear from shame or pollution, pure", καθαρῷ θανάτῳ Od.: esp. "clear of guilt or defilement, clean, pure", Theogn., Aesch.; καθαρὸς χεῖρας Hdt.:—so, of persons "purified" after pollution, ἱκέτης προσῆλθες κ. Aesch.; of things, βωμοί, θύματα, δόμοι, μέλαθρα id=Aesch., Eur.:—c. gen. "clear of or from" a charge, κ. ἐγκλημάτων, ἀδικίας, κακῶν, etc., Horace's "sceleris purus", Plat., Xen.
4. opp. to θολερός, "clear of admixture, clear, pure", of water, Hdt., Eur.; so, κ. φάος, φέγγος Pind.; κ. ἄρτος χρυσός Hdt.; ἀργύριον Theocr.
5. of birth, opp. to ξένος, "pure,, genuine", Pind., Eur.; τῶν Ἀθηναίων ὅπερ ἐστράτευε καθαρὸν ἐξῆλθε, i. e. who were "citizens of pure blood", Thuc.:— καθαρόν "a real, genuine" saying, id=Thuc.
6. "without blemish", τὸ καθαρὸν τοῦ στρατοῦ "the sound portion" of the army, Hdt.
7. "clear, exact", ἂν καθαραὶ ὦσιν αἱ ψῆφοι if the accounts are "clear, exactly balanced", Dem.
II. adv. καθαρῶς, Hes.; καθαρῶς γεγονέναι to be of "pure" blood, Hdt.
2. "with clean hands, honestly", Theogn., Plat.
3. "clearly, plainly", λέγειν Ar.; γνῶναι, εἰδέναι id=Ar., Plat.