ἀναίρεσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A taking up or away, esp. of dead bodies for burial, ὀστέων E.Or.404; νεκρῶν Th.3.109,113; οἳ ἂν μὴ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐς ἀναίρεσιν 2.34, cf. Antipho 5.68, Lys.2.7; ἀναίρεσιν δοῦναι E.Supp.18; in a sea-fight, νεκρῶν ἢ ναυαγίων ἀ. Th.7.72; τῶν ναυαγῶν X.HG1.7.5.    2 taking up, ἀ. καὶ θέσις ὅπλων Pl.Lg.814a, cf. Antipho 3.3.6.    3 undertaking, ἔργων Pl.Lg.847b.    II destruction, X.HG6.3.5; τειχῶν καὶ πόλεων D.19.141; φθορὰ ἡ κατ' ἀναίρεσιν Stoic.3.266.    2 slaying, putting to death, LXX Nu.11.15, J.AJ5.2.11, Plu.2.1051d; banishment, Hp.Decent.2.    3 repeal, δογμάτων Plu.Cic.34; quashing of indictment, Hermog.Stat.3.    4 direct confutation of arguments, opp. διαίρεσις (confutation by drawing a distinction), Arist.SE183a10; destruction (by argument), τινός Phld.Sign.12.    5 Astrol., = ἀκτινοβολία, Thrasyll. ap. Porph.in Ptol.189.