αἵρεσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[taking]], especially of a [[town]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.1</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ βασιλέος αἵρεσις</b> the [[taking]] by the [[king]], <span class="bibl">Id.9.3</span>; ἐλπίζων ταχίστην αἵρεσιν ἔσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th. 2.75</span>; <b class="b3">αἵρεσις δυνάμεως</b> [[acquisition]] of [[power]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>513a</span>:—generally, [[taking]], [[receiving]], ἐπιγενημάτων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>27.66</span> (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> ([[αἱρέομαι]]) [[choice]], αἵρεσίν τ' ἐμοὶ δίδου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>779</span>; τῶνδε… αἵρεσιν παρδίδωμι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.82</span>; foll. by relat., <b class="b3">αἵρεσιν διδόναι ὁκοτέρην... εἰ</b>... etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.22.19</span>; <b class="b3">αἵρεσιν προτιθέναι, αἵρεσιν προβάλλειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>196c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>245b</span>; εἰ νέμοι τις αἵρεσιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>265</span>; αἵρεσιν λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">D.36.11</span>; ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.19</span>; αἵ. γίγνεταί τινι <span class="bibl">Th.2.61</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔχει αἵρεσιν</b> it admits no [[choice]], Plu.2.708b. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[choice]], [[election]] of [[magistrate]]s, <span class="bibl">Th.8.89</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1266a26</span>, al.; [[αἱρέσει]], opp. [[κλήρῳ]], <span class="bibl">1300a19</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[inclination]], [[choice]], <b class="b3">πρός τινα</b> Philipp. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.166</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.61.9</span>, etc., cf. <span class="title">IG</span>2.591b; opp. [[φυγή]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>3p.62U.</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ αἱρέσεων καὶ φυγῶν</b>, title of [[treatise]] by [[Epicurus]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[purpose]], [[course of action]] or [[thought]], like [[προαίρεσις]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>256c</span>; ἡ αἵρεσις τῆς [[πρεσβεία]]ς <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 2.11</span>; <b class="b3">αἵρεσις Ἐλληνική</b> the [[study]] of [[Greek]] [[literature]], <span class="bibl">Plb.39.1.3</span>:—[[conduct]], PTeb.28.10 (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[system of philosophic principles]], or those who [[profess]] such [[principle]]s, [[sect]], [[school]], [[heresy]], <span class="bibl">Plb.5.93.8</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.2.29</span>, Polystr.<span class="bibl">p.20</span> W., D.H.<span class="title">Amm.</span>1.7, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Comp.</span>2</span>,al., cf. <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Fam.</span>15.16.3</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ τῶν αἱρέσεων</b>, title of [[treatise]] by [[Antipater]] of [[Tarsus]]; <b class="b3">περὶ αἱρέσεων</b>, title of [[Menippean]] [[satire]] by [[Varro]], cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>164</span>; <b class="b3">αἵρεσις πρὸς Γοργιππίδην</b>, title of work by [[Chrysippus]], <span class="bibl">D.L.7.191</span>; esp. [[religious party]] or [[sect]], of the [[Essenes]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.8.1</span>; the [[Sadducees]] and [[Pharisees]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>5.17</span>, <span class="bibl">15.5</span>, <span class="bibl">26.5</span>; the [[Christians]], ib.<span class="bibl">24.5</span>,<span class="bibl">14</span>, <span class="bibl">28.22</span>, generally, [[faction]], [[party]], <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[corps]] of epheboi, <span class="title">OGI</span> 176 (Egypt). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Astrol., '[[condition]]', <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>21</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἡμερινὴ αἵρεσις</b> Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">1.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[proposed condition]], [[proposal]], <span class="bibl">D.H.3.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[commission]], <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπὶ τοὺς νέους αἵρεσις</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>367a</span>; [[embassy]], [[mission]], IG4.937 (Epid.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[freewill offering]], opp. [[vow]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span>22.18</span>,al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[bid]] at [[auction]], τὴν ἀμείνονα αἵρεσιν διδόντι παραδοθῆναι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>716.22</span> (ii A. D.), cf. <span class="bibl">1630.8</span> (iii A. D.).</span>