αἵρεσις, εως, ἡ,
taking, especially of a town, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.1, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ βασιλέος αἵ. the taking by the king, [[ [prev. author] 9.3; ἐλπίζων ταχίστην -σιν ἔσεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἵ. δυνάμεως acquisition of power, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 513a] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—generally, taking, receiving, ἐπιγενημάτων[[ “PTeb.” 27.66 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B (αἱρέομαι) choice, αἵρεσίν τ᾽ ἐμοὶ δίδου[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 779; τῶνδε.. αἵρεσιν παρδίδωμι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.82] Refs 5th c.BC+]; followed by relative, αἵ. διδόναι ὁκοτέρην.., εἰ.., etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.19] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἵ. προτιθέναι, προβάλλειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 196c, “Sph.” 245b; εἰ νέμοι τις αἵρεσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 265; αἵρεσιν λαβεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.11; ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.19; αἵ. γίγνεταί τινι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔχει αἵρεσιν it admits no choice, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.708b. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.2 choice, election of magistrates, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.89, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1266a26, +others; αἱρέσει, opposed to κλήρῳ, 1300a19, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 inclination, choice, πρός τινα Philipp. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.166, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.61.9, etc., compare “IG” 2.591b] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to φυγή, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.62U.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; περὶ αἱρέσεων καὶ φυγῶν, title of treatise by Epicurus.