καθαίρ-εσις, εως, ἡ,
pulling down, demolition, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.15, “IG” 22.1672.75 (4th c.BC), “PMagd.” 9.6 (3rd c.BC), etc.: _metaphorically_, τινῶν, opposed to οἰκοδομή, NT.2Cor.10.8 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; ἀναστήσωμεν τὴν κ. τοῦ λαοῦ ἡμῶν [[ LXX.1Mac.3.43: in concrete sense, αἱ καθαιρέσεις] LXX] the débris, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 92.31. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 generally, overthrow, subjugation, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 320d; τῆς ἀνέτου ἐξουσίας 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.4.4; Ἰουλιανοῦ [prev. author] 3.1.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; killing, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 82. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 reduction, diminution, opposed to πρόσθεσις, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 207a23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: in Medicine texts, bringing down superfluous flesh, lowering, reducing, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.3.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(2).368; τῶν σωμάτων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 738a31; τῶν ὄγκων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 58e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 eclipse of sun or moon (with reference to the magical process of drawing down those bodies), [[Scholia 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.533 (_plural_). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]