ἀναίρεσις

anairesis

taking up

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book VII 1
Chapter ?

814a1
Book VIII 1
Chapter ?

847b3
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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469e4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναίρεσις, εως, ἡ, A. taking up or away, esp. of dead bodies for burial, ὀστέων E. Or. 404; νεκρῶν Th. 3.109,113; οἳ ἂν μὴ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐς ἀναίρεσιν 2.34, cf. Antipho 5.68, Lys. 2.7; ἀναίρεσιν δοῦναι E. Supp. 18; in a sea-fight, νεκρῶν ἢ ναυαγίων ἀ. Th. 7.72; τῶν ναυαγῶν X. HG 1.7.5. 2. taking up, ἀ. καὶ θέσις ὅπλων Pl. Lg. 814a, cf. Antipho 3.3.6. 3. undertaking, ἔργων Pl. Lg. 847b. II. destruction, X. HG 6.3.5; τειχῶν καὶ πόλεων D. 19.141; φθορὰ ἡ κατʼ ἀναίρεσιν Stoic. 3.266. 2. slaying, putting to death, LXX Nu. 11.15, J. AJ 5.2.11, Plu. 2.1051d; banishment, Hp. Decent. 2. 3. repeal, δογμάτων Plu. Cic. 34; quashing of indictment, Hermog. Stat. 3. 4. direct confutation of arguments, opp. διαίρεσις (confutation by drawing a distinction), Arist. SE 183a10; destruction (by argument), τινός Phld. Sign. 12. 5. Astrol., = ἀκτινοβολία, Thrasyll. ap. Porph. in Ptol. 189.

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