εως (ἡ) [ᾰ] renversement, d’où :
      1 destruction (d’une ville, etc.) THC. 5, 42 ; XÉN. Hell. 2, 2, 15 ; ISOCR. 153 b ; au pl. αἱ καθαιρέσεις, PHIL. BYZ. Bel. 92, 31 Thévenot ruines ; fig. en parl. de la fortune, de la puissance, etc. SPT. 1Macc. 3, 43 ; NT. 2Cor. 10, 8 ; particul. action de détrôner, HDN 2, 4, 9 ;
      2 meurtre, PLUT. Ant. 82 ;
      3 diminution, réduction, PLAT. Tim. 58 e ; ARSTT. Phys. 3, 6, 9 ; d’où exténuation, amaigrissement, HPC. 1174 g ; ARSTT. G.A. 2, 4, 11.

Étym. καθαιρέω.

εως, ἡ, pulling down, demolition, Th. 5.42, Isoc. 7.66, X. HG 2.2.15, IG2². 1672.75 (iv BC), PMagd. 9.6 (iii BC), etc. ; metaph, τινῶν, opp. οἰκοδομή, 2 Ep. Cor. 10.8; ἀναστήσωμεν τὴν κ. τοῦ λαοῦ ἡμῶν LXX 1 Ma. 3.43; in concrete sense, αἱ καθαιρέσεις the débris, Ph. Bel. 92.31. generally, overthrow, subjugation, Jul. Caes. 320d; τῆς ἀνέτου ἐξουσίας Hdn. 2.4.4; Ἰουλιανοῦ Id. 3.1.1; killing, Plu. Ant. 82.
reduction, diminution, opp. πρόσθεσις, Arist. Ph. 207a23; Medic., bringing down superfluous flesh, lowering, reducing, Hp. Epid. 6.3.1, cf. Gal. 17 (2).368; τῶν σωμάτων Arist. GA 738a31; τῶν ὄγκων Pl. Ti. 58e.
eclipse of sun or moon (with reference to the magical process of drawing down those bodies), Sch. A.R. 3.533 (pl.).

ἡ, das Herunternehmen, Niederwerfen, -reißen, Zerstören ; τῶν ὄγκων Plat. Tim. 58a ; τοὺς νεωσοίκους ἐπὶ καθαιρέσει ἀποδόσθαι, zur Niederreißung verpachten, Isocr. 7.66 ; Xen. Hell. 2.2.15 u. Sp. Ggstz von αὔξησις, Arist. phys.ausc. 3.6 ; σωμάτων, Abmagerung, gen.an. 2.4 ; Hippocr. – Das Töten, der Mord, Plut. Anton. 82 u. A. – Absetzung, Ἰουλιανοῦ Hdn. 3.1.1.

καθ-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< καθαιρέω), [in LXX: Exo.23:24 (הָרַס), 1Ma.3:43 * ;]
a pulling down, destruction: figuratively, κ. ὀχυρωμάτων, 2Co.10:4; opp. to οἰκοδομή, 2Co.10:8 13:10.†
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