# Katharos=pure in Greek, what about in Latin?

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**Category:** Learning Latin\
**Created:** [June 17, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/katharos-pure-in-greek-what-about-in-latin/199 "2003-06-17T15:05:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![JGarrison](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JGarrison](https://www.textkit.com/u/JGarrison)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/katharos-pure-in-greek-what-about-in-latin/199/1 "2003-06-17T15:05:45Z")

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Got this from skylax  
  
"The original Greek form is Aikaterine (Ekaterini), a word of obscure etymology, which became Katerina.  
The name became then Catharina in Latin because the Latin-speaking people believed that the name derived from the Greek “katharos”, meaning “pure”.  
  
What would be the best word for pure to match this in Latin? sanctus, castus?

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**Author:** ![vinobrien](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5fc32e/32.png) [@vinobrien](https://www.textkit.com/u/vinobrien)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/katharos-pure-in-greek-what-about-in-latin/199/2 "2003-06-18T09:37:59Z")

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inviolatus? integrus? 😉

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**Author:** ![Skylax](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Skylax](https://www.textkit.com/u/Skylax)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/katharos-pure-in-greek-what-about-in-latin/199/3 "2003-06-18T12:37:23Z")

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… purus? 🙂

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**Author:** ![JGarrison](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JGarrison](https://www.textkit.com/u/JGarrison)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/katharos-pure-in-greek-what-about-in-latin/199/4 "2003-06-18T19:15:56Z")

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Lol, you guys suck!!;D Okay, say I chose Sanctus, is that the correct ending?

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**Author:** ![benissimus](https://www.textkit.com/user_avatar/www.textkit.com/benissimus/32/7_2.png) [@benissimus](https://www.textkit.com/u/benissimus)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/katharos-pure-in-greek-what-about-in-latin/199/5 "2003-06-19T00:40:21Z")

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Sancta would be the feminine… Sanctus would match Katharos in gender though.