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