αἵρεσις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
코이네 그리스어
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
αἵρεσις
Structure:
αἱρεσι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- taking, receiving
- a choice
- a purpose
- a system of principles
- a school of thought, sect
- 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.
- περὶ δὲ ἑκκαίδεκα ἔτη γενόμενοσ ἐβουλήθην τῶν παρ’ ἡμῖν αἱρέσεων ἐμπειρίαν λαβεῖν· (Flavius Josephus, 12:1)
- διαφωνοῦν πρὸσ αὑτήν, ὡσ μαρτυρεῖ τῶν αἱρέσεων τὸ πλῆθοσ, ὧν, ἂν ἄριστα πράττῃ φιλοσοφία, μίαν ἔχει κατορθοῦσαν, οἰομένασ δὲ τὰσ ἄλλασ ἁπάσασ καὶ μαχομένασ πρὸσ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 1, section 2 7:1)
- ὅσοι δὲ μηδ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο συνιᾶσιν, ἀλλ’ ἁπλῶσ, ὅ τι ἂν ἐπὶ γλῶτταν ἔλθῃ, ληροῦσιν, ἐν οὐδετέρᾳ τῶν αἱρέσεων ἀκριβῶσ καταμένοντεσ, οὐδὲ μεμνῆσθαι τῶν τοιούτων προσήκει. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 125)
- καὶ διὰ ταύτην τὴν ἀνάγκην οὐκ ἔχοντεσ, ὅπωσ τὰ ἀκόλουθα τοῖσ στοιχείοισ, οἷσ ὑπέθεντο, φυλάττοιεν, οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων αἱρέσεων ἅπαντεσ ἄτεχνον ἠναγκάσθησαν ἀποφήνασθαι τὴν φύσιν. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 650)
- ὁποτέραν δ’ ἂν οὗτοι βουληθῶσι τῶν αἱρέσεων, ἑλέσθωσαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 29 5:3)
Synonyms
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taking
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a purpose