ἀρχαιρεσία
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (αἵρεσις)
A election of magistrates, ἀ. συνίζει an election is held, Hdt.6.58: mostly in pl., Pl.Lg.752c, X.Mem. 3.4.1, Is.7.28, Arist.Pol.1281b33, etc. II later neut.
German (Pape)
[Seite 364] ἡ, bei Her. 6, 58, die gewählte Obrigkeit; sonst plur. Beamtenwahl, Plat. Legg. VI, 652 c; Xen. Mem. 3, 4, 1; Pol. 4, 37. 2 u. öfter, comitia.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀρχαιρεσία: ἡ, (αἵρεσις) ἡ ἐκλογὴ ἀρχόντων, ἀρχ. συνίζει, συνέλευσις πρὸς ἐκλογὴν γίνεται, Ἡρόδ. 6. 58· ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ πληθ., ὡς ἐν Πλάτ. Νόμ. 752C, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 4, 1, Ἰσαίῳ 66, Ἀριστ. Πολ. 3. 11, 8, κλ.· δι’ αὐτῆς μετεφράζετο συνήθως ἡ Λατιν. λέξις comitia, Πολύβ. 3. 106, 1, κτλ. ΙΙ. παρὰ μεταγεν. πεζοῖς καὶ κατ’ οὐδ. τύπον, ἀρχαιρέσια, τὰ, Πολύβ. 4. 67, 1, Διον. Ἁλ. 6. 89, 8. 90, κτλ.· ἴδε Μοῖρ. σ. 11.
