ἀφαιρετικός

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.