ἀφαιρετικός
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A fit for taking away, τινός A.D.Adv.165.12; χρόνος ἐλπίδος ἀ. Vett. Val.281.4; τὰ ἀ. τῶν βοηθημάτων evacuant remedies, prob. l. in Herod.Med.in Rh.Mus. 58.87. II Astrol., retrograde, of planetary motion, Ptol.Tetr. 52, etc.
