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|Definition=αἱρετή, αἱρετόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[that may be taken]] or [[that may be conquered]], δόλῳ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.201; [[to be understood]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 81b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> ([[αἱρέομαι]]) [[to be chosen]], [[eligible]], opp. [[φευκτός]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 21d sq., [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1097a32, etc.: freq. in Comp. or Sup., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.126, 156, al.; ζόης πονηρᾶς [[θάνατος]] αἱρετώτερος A.''Fr.''401.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[chosen]], [[elected]], esp. opp. [[κληρωτός]], Isoc.12.154, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''759b, Arist.''Pol.''1294b9, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''915c, Aeschin.3.13; αἱ. βασιλῆς Pl.''Mx.''238d; [[τυραννίς]] Arist.''Pol.''1285a31:—<b class="b3">αἱρετοὶ ἄνδρες</b> [[commissioner]]s, Plu.''Lyc.''26. <b class="b3">οἱ αἱρετοί</b> X. ''An.''1.3.21: = Lat. [[optiones]], Lyd.''Mag.''1.46.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[that may be chosen]], opp. [[αἱρετέος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Chrysipp.Stoic.3.22.