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αἵρεσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 코이네 그리스어 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἵρεσις

Structure: αἱρεσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ai(re/w

Sense

  1. taking, receiving
  2. a choice
  3. a purpose
  4. a system of principles
  5. a school of thought, sect
  6. heresy

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative αἵρεσις αἱρέσει αἱρέσεις
Genitive αἱρέσεως αί̔ρουιν αἱρέσεων
Dative αἱρέσει αί̔ρουιν αἱρέσεσιν*
Accusative αί̔ρεσιν αἱρέσει αἱρέσεις
Vocative αί̔ρεσι αἱρέσει αἱρέσεις

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πόσα δ̓ οὖν ταῦτα συντεθέντα ἐν κεφαλαίῳ γένοιτ̓ ἄν, εἰ δέκα μόνασ θεῖμεν τὰσ αἱρέσεισ ἐν φιλοσοφία; (Lucian, 100:6)
  • καὶ φιλοσόφων δὲ αἱρέσεισ ὅλαι τῆσ περὶ τὴν τρυφὴν αἱρέσεωσ ἀντεποιήσαντο· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 631)
  • ἠθοποιοῦσι γὰρ αἱ φιλίαι, καὶ μεῖζον οὐθέν ἐστιν ἠθῶν διαφορᾶσ σημεῖον ἢ φίλων αἱρέσεισ διαφερόντων . (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 203)
  • ἠθοποιοῦσι γὰρ αἱ φιλίαι, καὶ μεῖζον οὐθέν ἐστι διαφορᾶσ ἠθῶν σημεῖον ἢ φίλων αἱρέσεισ διαφερόντων· (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 20 2:1)
  • αἱρέσεισ τῶν φύσει μὲν ἀγαθῶν οὐκ ἐπαινετῶν δὲ δεῖ τινα εἶναι ὁρ́ον καὶ τῆσ ἕξεωσ καὶ τῆσ αἱρέσεωσ καὶ περὶ φυγῆσ <καὶ περὶ> χρημάτων πλήθουσ καὶ ὀλιγότητοσ καὶ τῶν εὐτυχημάτων. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 8 66:1)

Synonyms

  1. taking

  2. a purpose

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