ἀφαίρεσις: Difference between revisions

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