{"def":{"short":"something cleaned off all around, i.e., refuse (figuratively)","long":["off scouring, refuse","metaphorically",["the most abject and despicable men","the price of expiation or redemption, because the Greeks used to apply the term \"καθαρματα\" to victims sacrificed to make expiation for the people, and even to criminals who were maintained at the public expense, that on the outbreak of a pestilence or other calamity they might be offered as sacrifices to make expiation for the state"]]},"deriv":"from a compound of G4012 and G2508","pronun":{"ipa":"pɛ.riˈkɑ.θɑr.mɑ","ipa_mod":"pe̞.riˈkɑ.θɑr.mɑ","sbl":"perikatharma","dic":"peh-ree-KA-thahr-ma","dic_mod":"pay-ree-KA-thahr-ma"},"see":["G2508","G4012"]}