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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

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

  • λάλησον Ἀαρὼν καὶ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάσῃ συναγωγῇ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. ἄνθρωποσ ἄνθρωποσ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ἢ τῶν προσηλύτων τῶν προσκειμένων πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ ἐν Ἰσραήλ, ὃσ ἂν προσενέγκῃ τὰ δῶρα αὐτοῦ κατὰ πᾶσαν ὁμολογίαν αὐτῶν ἢ κατὰ πᾶσαν αἵρεσιν αὐτῶν, ὅσα ἂν προσενέγκωσι τῷ Θεῷ εἰσ ὁλοκαύτωμα, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 22:18)
  • καὶ ἄνθρωποσ ὃσ ἂν προσενέγκῃ θυσίαν σωτηρίου τῷ Κυρίῳ διαστείλασ εὐχὴν ἢ κατὰ αἵρεσιν ἢ ἐν ταῖσ ἑορταῖσ ὑμῶν, ἐκ τῶν βουκολίων ἢ ἐκ τῶν προβάτων ἄμωμον ἔσται εἰσδεκτόν, πᾶσ μῶμοσ οὐκ ἔσται ἐν αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 22:21)
  • συνῆν Πλάτωνι καὶ διέτριψεν ἑώσ ἐτῶν ἑπτὰ καὶ τριάκοντα οὔτε σχολῆσ ἡγούμενοσ οὔτε ἰδίαν πεποιηκὼσ αἱρ́εσιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 7 3:1)
  • ἄλλοτε δέ ποτε ὁ αὐτὸσ προσελθὼν ἠρώτα τὸν Δημώνακτα, τίνα αἱρ́εσιν ἀσπάζεται μᾶλλον ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ· (Lucian, (no name) 12:7)
  • λέγοισ ἂν ὡσ ἔμοιγε ὑπερήδιστον ἂν τὸ ἄκουσμα γένοιτο, ὥστε εἴ τισ αἱρ́εσιν προθείη, πότερα μᾶλλον ἐθέλω σοῦ ἀκούειν τὰ τοιαῦτα διεξιόντοσ ἢ τὸν πανευδαίμονα ὄνειρον ἐκεῖνον αὖθισ ὁρᾶν τὸν μικρὸν ἔμπροσθεν, οὐκ οἶδα ὁπότερον ἂν ἑλοίμην οὕτωσ ἀδελφὰ ἡγοῦμαι τὰ σὰ τοῖσ ἡδίστοισ φανεῖσι καὶ ἐν ἴσῃ ὑμᾶσ τιμῇ ἄγω, σέ τε καὶ τὸ πολυτίμητον ἐνύπνιον. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 5:5)

Synonyms

  1. taking

  2. a purpose

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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