The corpus record

κᾰθαρ-τής

kathartes · ὁ

cleanser, purifier

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Where it lives

Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κᾰθαρ-τής · kathar-tēs — LSJ

cleanser, purifier

cleanser, purifier, μάγοι καὶ κ. Hp. Morb. Sacr. 1, cf. D.Chr. 4.89 (pl.); σοῦ γὰρ ἔρχομαι . . κ. S. El. 70; στρατοῦ κ. Id. Fr. 34; τῆς χώρας Ar. V. 1043; ποταμῶν Plu. Luc. 26; θηρίων, of Heracles, Max.Tyr. 21.6: metaph., δοξῶν . . . περὶ ψυχὴν κ. εἶναι Pl. Sph. 231e; as occupational name, IG 5(1).209.25 (i B.C.).

In the wild

καθαρτήν · kathartēn Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 775)
καθαρτὴς · kathartēs Epictetus, Discourses 3.26 (DIORISIS sentence 5687)
καθαρτὴν · kathartēn Plato, Sophist 231
καθαρτὴς · kathartēs Sophocles, Electra 69–70

Where it came from

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