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|Definition=καθαιρέσεως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[pulling down]], [[demolition]], Th.5.42, Isoc.7.66, X.''HG''2.2.15, ''IG''22.1672.75 (iv B.C.), ''PMagd.''9.6 (iii B.C.), etc.: metaph., [[τινῶν]], opp. [[οἰκοδομή]], ''2 Ep.Cor.''10.8; <b class="b3">ἀναστήσωμεν τὴν καθαίρεσιν τοῦ</b> λαοῦ ἡμῶν [[LXX]] ''1 Ma.''3.43: in concrete sense, <b class="b3">αἱ καθαιρέσεις</b> the [[débris]], Ph.''Bel.''92.31.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[overthrow]], [[subjugation]], Jul.''Caes.'' 320d; τῆς ἀνέτου ἐξουσίας Hdn.2.4.4; Ἰουλιανοῦ Id.3.1.1; [[killing]], Plu.''Ant.''82.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[reduction]], [[diminution]], opp. [[πρόσθεσις]], Arist.''Ph.'' 207a23: Medic., [[bringing down superfluous flesh]], [[lowering]], [[reducing]], Hp.''Epid.''6.3.1, cf. Gal.17(2).368; τῶν σωμάτων Arist.''GA''738a31; τῶν ὄγκων Pl.''Ti.''58e.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[eclipse]] of sun or moon (with reference to the magical process of [[drawing down]] those bodies), Sch.A.R.3.533 (pl.).