taking up
ἀναίρ-εσις,εως,ἡ,
A. taking uporaway,esp. of dead bodies for burial, ὀστέων
E. Or. 404
; νεκρῶν
Th. 3.109
, 113 ; οἳ ἂν μὴ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐς ἀναίρεσιν
2.34
, cf. Antipho 5.68 , Lys. 2.7 ; ἀναίρεσιν δοῦναι
E. Supp. 18
; in a sea-fight, νεκρῶν ἢ ναυαγίων ἀ.
Th. 7.72
; τῶν ναυαγῶν
X. HG 1.7.5
.
2. taking up,
ἀ. καὶ θέσις ὅπλων
Pl. Lg. 814a
, cf. Antipho 3.3.6 .
3. undertaking,
ἔργων
Pl. Lg. 847b
.
II. destruction,
X. HG 6.3.5 ; τειχῶν καὶ πόλεων
D. 19.141
; φθορὰ ἡ κατ' ἀναίρεσιν
Stoic. 3.266
.
2. slaying, putting to death,
LXX Nu. 11.15 , J. AJ 5.2.11 , Plu. 2.1051d ;banishment,
Hp. Decent. 2 .
3. repeal,
δογμάτων
Plu. Cic. 34
;quashingof indictment, Hermog. Stat. 3 .
4. direct confutationof arguments, opp.διαίρεσις(confutation by drawing a distinction), Arist. SE 183a10 ;destruction(by argument), τινός
Phld. Sign. 12
.
5. Astrol., = ἀκτινοβολία , Thrasyll. ap. Porph. in Ptol. 189 .
