αἵρεσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">taking</b>, esp. of a town, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.1</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ βασιλέος αἵ</b>. <b class="b2">the taking by</b> the king, <span class="bibl">Id.9.3</span>; ἐλπίζων ταχίστην -σιν ἔσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th. 2.75</span>; <b class="b3">αἵ. δυνάμεως</b> <b class="b2">acquisition</b> of power, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>513a</span>:—generally, <b class="b2">taking, receiving</b>, ἐπιγενημάτων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>27.66</span> (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> (αἱρέομαι) <b class="b2">choice</b>, 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">αἵ. διδόναι ὁκοτέρην... εἰ</b>... etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.22.19</span>; <b class="b3">αἵ. προτιθέναι, 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 <b class="b2">choice</b>, Plu.2.708b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">choice, election</b> of magistrates, <span class="bibl">Th.8.89</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1266a26</span>, al.; <b class="b3">αἱρέσει</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κλήρῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">1300a19</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">inclination, choice</b>, <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. <b class="b3">φυγή</b>, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">purpose, course of action</b> or <b class="b2">thought</b>, like [[προαίρεσις]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>256c</span>; ἡ αἵ. τῆς πρεσβείας <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 2.11</span>; <b class="b3">αἵ. Ἐλληνική</b> <b class="b2">the study</b> of Greek literature, <span class="bibl">Plb.39.1.3</span>:—<b class="b2">conduct</b>, PTeb.28.10 (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">system of philosophic principles</b>, or <b class="b2">those who profess such principles, sect, school</b>, <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 αἱ</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. <b class="b2">religious party</b> or <b class="b2">sect</b>, 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, <b class="b2">faction, party</b>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">corps</b> of epheboi, <span class="title">OGI</span> 176 (Egypt). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Astrol., <b class="b2">'condition'</b>, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>21</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἡμερινὴ αἵ</b>. Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">1.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">proposed condition, proposal</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.3.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">commission</b>, <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπὶ τοὺς νέους αἵ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>367a</span>; <b class="b2">embassy, mission</b>, IG4.937 (Epid.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">freewill offering</b>, opp. <b class="b2">vow</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span>22.18</span>,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">bid</b> at auction, τὴν ἀμείνονα αἵ. 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>