καθαρτικός
ή, όν, κ, Adv.
A.
of, fit for cleansing or purifying, ἐλαίου καὶ γῆς Pl. Ti. 60d; τὰ μέλη τὰ κ. (v. κάθαρσις 11) Arist. Pol. 1342a15; τὰ κ. purgatives, Phld. Sign. 25; κ. ἀρεταί Hierocl. in CA 2p.422M.: ἡ ‐κή (sc. τέχνη) Pl. Sph. 231b. Adv. ‐κῶς Marin. Procl. 19.
II.
Medic., promoting κάθαρσις, πρόσθετον Hp. Mul. 1.74; usu . . purgative, δύναμις Gal. 11.768 (metaph., Cebes 14); φάρμακον Plu. 2.999f, cf. Gal. 5.128; οἶνος Dsc. 5.66 (Comp.); κ. alone, Hp. Fract. 24, S.E. M. 8.480.