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ἀκα?́θαρ-τος , ον, (καθαίρω)
A.uncleansed, foul, “ἀήρ” Hp.Aër.6; of the body, Arist.Pr.883b27; “ἕλκος” Hp.Fract. 27; of a woman, quae menstrua non habet, Demad.Fr.4, Luc.Lex.19; of ceremonial impurity, LXX Le.12.2, al., IG3.74.3.
b. unpurified, Pl.Lg.866a, 868a.
2. morally unclean, impure, Pl.Phd.81b, D.19.199, etc.; “ἀκάθαρτε” thou beast! Bato5; = μανιώδης, Achae.30; “ἀ. πνεῦμα” LXX Za.13.2, Ev.Matt.12.43, cf. PMag.Par.1.1238. Adv. “ἀκαθάρτως, ἔχειν” Pl.Ti.92b.
3. ofthings, notpurgedaway, unpurged, S.OT256, Pl.Lg.854b.
b. unpruned, Thphr.CP1.15.1.
c. ceremonially unclean, of food, LXX Le.5.2, al., Act.Ap.10.14.
d. not sifted, containing impurities, PPetr.2p.8 (iii B. C.).
II. Act., not fit for cleansing, [“φάρμακα] ἑλκέων ἀκαθαρτότερα” Aret.CD1.8.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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