stain, defilement; taint of guilt
Ancient Greek word, found 96 times in the texts on Socratos.
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 8.1.33: … ἁγνείαν εἶναι διὰ καθαρμῶν καὶ λουτρῶν καὶ περιρραντηρίων καὶ διὰ τοῦ καθαρεύειν ἀπό τε κήδους καὶ λεχοῦς καὶ μιάσματος παντὸς καὶ ἀπέχεσθαι βρωτῶν θνησειδίων τε κρεῶν καὶ τριγλῶν καὶ μελανούρων καὶ ᾠῶν καὶ τῶν ᾠοτόκων ζῴων καὶ κ …
Euripides, Alcestis 22: ἐγὼ δέ, μὴ μίασμά μ’ ἐν δόμοις κίχῃ,
Euripides, Hippolytus 35: μίασμα φεύγων αἵματος Παλλαντιδῶν,
All forms of μίασμα