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|Definition=εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[taking away]], [[carrying off]], [[removal]], Pl.''Cri.''46c (pl.); [[putting off]], τοῦ θνητοῦ Hierocl.''in CA''27p.483M.; opp. [[πρόσθεσις]], Plu.''Lyc.''13 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> as [[law]]-[[term]], [[assertion]] of [[freedom]] of a [[reputed]] [[slave]], Hyp.''Fr.''23.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[amputation]], Archig. ap. Orib.47.13.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Logic, [[abstraction]], [[ἐξ ἀφαιρέσεως]], [[δι' ἀφαιρέσεως]], Arist.''Cael.''299a16, ''EN''1142a18; esp. [[τὰ ἐξ ἀφαιρέσεως]] = [[mathematics]], 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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Gramm., [[removal]] of [[initial]] [[letter]]s, 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.