αἱρετ-ός, ή, όν,
__A that may be taken or conquered, δόλῳ[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be understood, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 81b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II (αἱρέομαι) to be chosen, eligible, opposed to φευκτός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 21df, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097a32, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in comparative or superlative, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 156, +others; ζόης πονηρᾶς θάνατος αἱρετώτερος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 401. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 chosen, elected, especially opposed to κληρωτός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.154, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1294b9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 915c, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.13; αἱ. βασιλῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 238d; τυραννίς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285a31:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —αἱ. ἄνδρες commissioners, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 26. οἱ αἱ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.21] Refs 5th c.BC+]: = Latin optiones, [[ 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 1.46. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__A.II.3 that may be chosen, opposed to αἱρετέος (which see), [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.22.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]