καθαίρεσις
ξένος ὢν ἀκολούθει τοῖς ἐπιχωρίοις νόμοις → as a foreigner, follow the laws of that country | when in Rome, do as the Romans do
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A pulling down, demolition, Th.5.42, Isoc.7.66, X.HG2.2.15, IG22.1672.75 (iv B.C.), PMagd.9.6 (iii B.C.), etc.: metaph., τινῶν, opp. οἰκοδομή, 2 Ep.Cor.10.8; ἀναστήσωμεν τὴν κ. τοῦ λαοῦ ἡμῶν LXX 1 Ma.3.43: in concrete sense, αἱ καθαιρέσεις the débris, Ph.Bel.92.31. 2 generally, overthrow, subjugation, Jul.Caes. 320d; τῆς ἀνέτου ἐξουσίας Hdn.2.4.4; Ἰουλιανοῦ Id.3.1.1; killing, Plu.Ant.82. 3 reduction, diminution, opp. πρόσθεσις, Arist.Ph. 207a23: Medic., bringing down superfluous flesh, lowering, reducing, Hp.Epid.6.3.1, cf. Gal.17(2).368; τῶν σωμάτων Arist.GA738a31; τῶν ὄγκων Pl.Ti.58e. 4 eclipse of sun or moon (with reference to the magical process of drawing down those bodies), Sch.A.R.3.533 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1279] ἡ, das Herunternehmen, Niederwerfen, -reißen, Zerstören; τῶν ὄγκων Plat. Tim. 58 a; τοὺς νεωσοίκο υς ἐπὶ καθαιρέσει ἀποδόσθαι, zur Niederreißung verpachten, Isocr. 7, 66; Xen. Hell. 2, 2, 15 u. Sp. Ggstz von αὔξησις, Arist. phys. ausc. 3, 6; σωμάτων, Abmagerung, gen. an. 2, 4; Hippocr. – Das Tödten, der Mord, Plut. Anton. 82 u. A. – Absetzung, Ἰουλιανοῦ Hdn. 3, 1, 1.
