ἐξαίρ-εσις,εως,ἡ,
A. taking outthe entrails of victims, Hdt. 2.40 : pl.,the entrailsthemselves,offal,
Dionys.Com. 3.12 ;extractionof teeth, Arist. Mech. 854a25 , Paul.Aeg. 6.28 ; of weapons, Gal. 2.283 ;taking outof patients from a bath, Philum. Ven. 15.8 .
b. removal, purgation,
τῶν παθῶν
Porph. Abst. 2.43
.
2. way of taking out,
τὴν ἐ. τοῦ λίθου
Hdt. 2.121
.ά.
3. Rhet.,taking exception, questioning ofan adversary's arguments, Ulp. ad D. 24.66 .
b. in Law,=Lat.exceptio,
Just. Nov. 136.2 .
4. transcendence,
τοῦ ἐνδεοῦς