| |Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[taking away]], [[carrying off]], [[removal]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>46c</span> (pl.); [[putting off]], τοῦ θνητοῦ <span class="bibl">Hierocl.<span class="title">in CA</span>27p.483M.</span>; opp. [[πρόσθεσις]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>13</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> as [[law]]-[[term]], [[assertion]] of [[freedom]] of a reputed [[slave]], <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[amputation]], Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.47.13.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in Logic, [[abstraction]], <b class="b3">ἐξ ἀφαιρέσεως, δι' ἀφαιρέσεως</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>299a16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1142a18</span>; esp. τὰ ἐξ ἀφαιρέσεως [[mathematics]], Id.<span class="title">AP</span>0.81b3, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1061a29</span>, al.; opp. <b class="b3">ἐκ προσθέσεως</b>, ib. <span class="bibl">1077b9</span>; also τὰ ἐν ἀ. ὄντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>429b18</span>, al.:—Cicero jokes on this term, <span class="title">Att.</span>6.1.2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Gramm., [[removal]] of [[initial]] [[letter]]s, as in [[σῦς]]/[[ὗς]], <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1p.148H.</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>55.13</span>, al.; also of medial letters, ib.<span class="bibl">93.13</span>; of feet in verse, opp. [[πρόσθεσις]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 220 iii 3</span>.</span> | | |Definition=εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[taking away]], [[carrying off]], [[removal]], Pl.''Cri.''46c (pl.); [[putting off]], τοῦ θνητοῦ Hierocl.''in CA''27p.483M.; opp. [[πρόσθεσις]], Plu.''Lyc.''13 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> as [[law]]-[[term]], [[assertion]] of [[freedom]] of a [[reputed]] [[slave]], Hyp.''Fr.''23.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[amputation]], Archig. ap. Orib.47.13.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Logic, [[abstraction]], [[ἐξ ἀφαιρέσεως]], [[δι' ἀφαιρέσεως]], Arist.''Cael.''299a16, ''EN''1142a18; esp. [[τὰ ἐξ ἀφαιρέσεως]] = [[mathematics]], Id.''AP''0.81b3, ''Metaph.''1061a29, al.; opp. [[ἐκ προσθέσεως]], ib. 1077b9; also τὰ ἐν ἀ. ὄντα Id.''de An.''429b18, al.:—Cicero jokes on this term, ''Att.''6.1.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Gramm., [[removal]] of [[initial]] [[letter]]s, as in [[σῦς]], [[ὗς]], Choerob. ''in Theod.''1p.148H., cf. A.D.''Pron.''55.13, al.; also of medial letters, ib.93.13; of [[feet]] in [[verse]], opp. [[πρόσθεσις]], ''POxy.'' 220 iii 3. |
