ἀφαίρεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō, “I take away”) +‎ -σις (-sis, nominal suffix), from ἀφ' (aph', apocopic form of ἀπό (apó, “from”)) +‎ αἱρέω (hairéō, “I take”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰǎi̯.re.sis/ → /aˈɸɛ.re.sis/ → /aˈfe.re.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰǎi̯.re.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰɛ.re.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɸɛ.re.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈfe.re.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈfe.re.sis/

Noun

ἀφαίρεσῐς • (aphaíresis) f (genitive ἀφαιρέσεως); third declension

1. Taking away, carrying off, removal; putting off.
   1. (law) Assertion of freedom of a reputed slave.
   2. Amputation.
2. (logic) Abstraction; mathematics.
   1. (grammar) Removal of initial letters.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀφαίρεσῐς; τῆς ἀφαιρέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀφαίρεσῐς hē aphaíresis	τὼ ἀφαιρέσει tṑ aphairései	αἱ ἀφαιρέσεις hai aphairéseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀφαιρέσεως tês aphairéseōs	τοῖν ἀφαιρεσέοιν toîn aphaireséoin	τῶν ἀφαιρέσεων tôn aphairéseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀφαιρέσει têi aphairései	τοῖν ἀφαιρεσέοιν toîn aphaireséoin	ταῖς ἀφαιρέσεσῐ / ἀφαιρέσεσῐν taîs aphairésesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀφαίρεσῐν tḕn aphaíresin	τὼ ἀφαιρέσει tṑ aphairései	τᾱ̀ς ἀφαιρέσεις tā̀s aphairéseis
Vocative	ἀφαίρεσῐ aphaíresi	ἀφαιρέσει aphairései	ἀφαιρέσεις aphairéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: apheresis

References

• “ἀφαίρεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press