The corpus record

διακᾰθ-αίρω

diakathairo

purge thoroughly

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Where it lives

Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

διακᾰθ-αίρω · diakath-airō — LSJ

purge thoroughly, oneʼs own

purge thoroughly, Ar. Ec. 847, Pl. R. 399e, Apollod. 3.6.7; κρουνούς IG l.c.; ἅλωνα Ev.Luc. 3.17: metaph., [φιλοσοφία] τέχνας δ. Iamb. Comm.Math. 16; τινὰ τοῦ αἰσχροῦ ὀνόματος Procop. Goth. 1.4:—Med., of oneʼs own stock, Pl. Lg. 735c.

II prune

prune, Thphr. HP 2.7.2 (Pass.); δένδρα Ph. 2.207.

In the wild

διακαθαίρει · diakathairei Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 688)
διακαθαίρηται · diakathairētai Plato, Laws 735
διακαθαίροντες · diakathairontes Plato, Republic 3.399 (DIORISIS sentence 1756)
διακαθαιρομένων · diakathairomenōn Plato, Republic 3.411 (DIORISIS sentence 2002)

Where it came from

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