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καθαρός

Contents
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Greek
Pronunciation
Adjective
Declension
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
κοθᾰρός (kotharós) — Doric
κόθᾰρος (kótharos) — Aeolic

Etymology

No Indo-European cognates can be drawn. This implies a borrowing from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /ka.tʰa.rós/ → /ka.θaˈros/ → /ka.θaˈros/

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Adjective

κᾰθᾰρός • (katharós) m (feminine κᾰθᾰρᾱ́, neuter κᾰθᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. clean, clear, pure

Inflection
First and second declension of κᾰθᾰρός; κᾰθᾰρᾱ́; κᾰθᾰρόν (Attic) [hide ▲]

Number Singular Dual Plural

Case/Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine
κᾰθᾰρός κᾰθᾰρᾱ́ κᾰθᾰρόν κᾰθᾰρώ κᾰθᾰρᾱ́ κᾰθᾰρώ κᾰθᾰροί κᾰθᾰραί
Nominative
katharós katharā́ katharón katharṓ katharā́ katharṓ katharoí katharaí
κᾰθᾰροῦ κᾰθᾰρᾶς κᾰθᾰροῦ κᾰθᾰροῖν κᾰθᾰραῖν κᾰθᾰροῖν κᾰθᾰρῶν κᾰθᾰρῶν κᾰθᾰρῶ
Genitive
katharoû katharâs katharoû katharoîn katharaîn katharoîn katharôn katharôn
κᾰθᾰρῷ κᾰθᾰρᾷ κᾰθᾰρῷ κᾰθᾰροῖν κᾰθᾰραῖν κᾰθᾰροῖν κᾰθᾰροῖς κᾰθᾰραῖς κᾰθᾰροῖ
Dative
katharôi katharâi katharôi katharoîn katharaîn katharoîn katharoîs katharaîs
κᾰθᾰρόν κᾰθᾰρᾱ́ν κᾰθᾰρόν κᾰθᾰρώ κᾰθᾰρᾱ́ κᾰθᾰρώ κᾰθᾰρούς κᾰθᾰρᾱ́ς
Accusative
katharón katharā́ n katharón katharṓ katharā́ katharṓ katharoús katharā́ s
κᾰθᾰρέ κᾰθᾰρᾱ́ κᾰθᾰρόν κᾰθᾰρώ κᾰθᾰρᾱ́ κᾰθᾰρώ κᾰθᾰροί κᾰθᾰραί
Vocative
katharé katharā́ katharón katharṓ katharā́ katharṓ katharoí katharaí
Adverb Comparative Superlative
Derived
κᾰθᾰρῶς κᾰθᾰρώτερος κᾰθᾰρώτᾰτος
forms
katharôs katharṓteros katharṓtatos

Notes: This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek
dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κᾰθαίρω (kathaírō)
κᾰθᾰρεύω (kathareúō)
κᾰθᾰρῐ́ζω (katharízō)

Descendants

Greek: καθαρός (katharós)

Mariupol Greek: катъаро́ (kaθaró)

Non-Hellenic Descendants

Danish: kætter
Dutch: ketter
English: Cathar
French: cathare
German: Ketzer
Latin: Catharus (Catharī, m.pl.)

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German Low German: Ketter

Norwegian Bokmål: kjetter
Norwegian Nynorsk: kjettar
Swedish: kättare

Further reading
“καθαρός (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=k
aqaro/s)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“καθαρός (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0058:entry=k
aqaro/s)”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper
& Brothers
“καθαρός (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0073:entry=k
aqaro/s)”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New
York: Harper and Brothers
καθαρός (https://archive.org/stream/BaillyDictionnaireGrecFrancais/Bailly_DictionnaireGrecFr
ancais#page/n990/mode/1up) in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-
français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early
Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
καθαρός (http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/cunliffe/#eid=5121&context=lsj) in Cunliffe, Richard J.
(1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, published 1963
“καθαρός (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0072:entry=k
aqaro/s)”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G2513 (http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2513&t=KJV) in
Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1] (http
s://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/efts/woodhouse/woodhouse_search.html), London: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Limited. [27 headwords]
καθαρός (https://logeion.uchicago.edu/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B1%CF%81%C
F%8C%CF%82) - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (https://logeion.uchicago.edu/about) (since 2011) Dictionaries for
Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ka.θaˈɾos/

Adjective

καθαρός • (katharós) m (feminine καθαρή, neuter καθαρό)

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1. clean, clear
2. pure, undefiled [synonym ▲]
Synonym: αρρύπαντος (arrýpantos)
3. (Judaism) kosher
4. (music) perfect (as in perfect fourth)

Declension
Declension of καθαρός [hide ▲]

number singular plural

case \
gender masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative καθαρός • καθαρή • καθαρό • καθαροί • καθαρές • καθαρά •
genitive καθαρού • καθαρής • καθαρού • καθαρών • καθαρών • καθαρών •
accusative καθαρό • καθαρή • καθαρό • καθαρούς • καθαρές • καθαρά •
vocative καθαρέ • καθαρή • καθαρό • καθαροί • καθαρές • καθαρά •
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο καθαρός, etc.)
derivations
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο καθαρός, etc.)
Degrees of comparison by suffixation [hide ▲]

singular plural
comparative
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative καθαρότερος • καθαρότερη • καθαρότερο • καθαρότεροι • καθαρότερες • καθαρότερα •
genitive καθαρότερου • καθαρότερης • καθαρότερου • καθαρότερων • καθαρότερων • καθαρότερων •
accusative καθαρότερο • καθαρότερη • καθαρότερο • καθαρότερους • καθαρότερες • καθαρότερα •
vocative καθαρότερε • καθαρότερη • καθαρότερο • καθαρότεροι • καθαρότερες • καθαρότερα •
derivations relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο καθαρότερος", etc)
Absolute singular plural
superlative masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative καθαρότατος • καθαρότατη • καθαρότατο • καθαρότατοι • καθαρότατες • καθαρότατα •
genitive καθαρότατου • καθαρότατης • καθαρότατου • καθαρότατων • καθαρότατων • καθαρότατων •
accusative καθαρότατο • καθαρότατη • καθαρότατο • καθαρότατους • καθαρότατες • καθαρότατα •
vocative καθαρότατε • καθαρότατη • καθαρότατο • καθαρότατοι • καθαρότατες • καθαρότατα •

Synonyms

(pure): αμιγής (amigís, “unadulterated”)

(clear): αίθριος (aíthrios, “cloudless, sunny”)

Related terms

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αεροκαθαριστήρας m (aerokatharistíras, καθαριστής m (katharistís, “cleaner”)

“airfilter”) καθαρίστρια f (katharístria, “cleaner”)
αξεκαθάριστος (axekatháristos, “unclear”)
κάθαρμα n (kátharma, “scum”)
Καθαρά Δευτέρα f (Kathará Deftéra, “Clean
Monday”)
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Further reading
καθαρός (http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/en/modern_greek/tools/lexica/triantafyllides/
search.html?lq=%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82) - Λεξικό
της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis"
Foundation.

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