A.purify, hallow, “τὸν τόπον θείῳ καὶ δᾳδί” Id.Philops.12; μήτηρ πυρὶ καθήγνισται δέμας, i.e. has been burnt on the funeral-pyre, E.Or. 40.
II. offer as an expiatory sacrifice, “πέλανον ἐπὶ πυρὶ καθαγνίσας” Id.Ion707 (lyr.).—On S.Ant.1081, Ph.1.190,558, v. καθαγίζω.