ἀφαιρετικός
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 406] wegnehmend, Clem. Al.
