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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

  • Συμεὼν καὶ Λευί̈ ἀδελφοί. συνετέλεσαν ἀδικίαν ἐξ αἱρέσεωσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:5)
  • ἐὰν δὲ μετὰ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ βουλεύσωνται οὗτοι καὶ οὗτοι προσθεῖναι ἢ ἀφελεῖν, ποιήσονται ἐξ αἱρέσεωσ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν προσθῶσιν ἢ ἀφέλωσιν, ἔσται κύρια. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:30)
  • ἀπονητὶ γοῦν ὁρῶ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ μειζόνων ἀξιουμένουσ εὐμοιρίᾳ τῆσ αἱρέσεωσ τῶν λόγων καὶ ὁδῶν. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 8:5)
  • ἐπαινῶ, ὅτι τὴν εὐκταιοτάτην ἑορτὴν ἄγων τοὺσ σοφωτάτουσ ἑστιᾶν πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων ἠξίωσεν, ὅ τι περ τὸ κεφάλαιον ἐξ ἑκάστησ αἱρέσεωσ ἀπανθισάμενοσ, οὐχὶ τοὺσ μέν, τοὺσ δὲ οὔ, ἀλλὰ ἀναμὶξ ἅπαντασ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 10:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ κατὰ θεὸν εἱλόμην, καὶ οὐ μεταμέλει μοι τῆσ αἱρέσεωσ· (Lucian, 42:2)

Synonyms

  1. taking

  2. a purpose

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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