ἀφαίρεσις

aphairesis

taking away, carrying off, remoual

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Crito 1
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46c6
Laws 1
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Book XI 1
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914d4
Philebus 1
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19e4
Sophist 1
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227d10

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀφαίρεσις, εως, ἡ, A. taking away, carrying off, remoual, Pl. Cri. 46c (pl.); putting off, τοῦ θνητοῦ Hierocl. in CA 27p.483M.; opp. πρόσθεσις, Plu. Lyc. 13 (pl.). 2. as law-term, assertion of freedom of a reputed slave, Hyp. Fr. 23. 3. amputation, Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.4. II. in Logic, abstraction, ἐξ, διʼ ἀφαιρέσεως, Arist. Cael. 299a16, EN 1142a18; esp. τὰ ἐξ ἀ. mathe-matics, Id. AP 0.81b3, Metaph. 1061a29, al.; opp. ἐκ προσθέσεως, ib. 1077b9; also τὰ ἐν ἀ. ὄντα Id. de An. 429b18, al.:—Cicero jokes on this term, Att. 6.1.2. 2. Gramm., remoual of initial letters, as in σῦς ὗς, Choerob. in Theod. 1p.148H., cf. A.D. Pron. 55.13, al.; also of medial letters, ib.93.13; of feet in verse, opp. πρόσθεσις, POxy. 220 iii 3.

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