καθαίρεσιν (kathairesin)

καθαίρεσιν is an Ancient Greek form of καθαίρεσις, meaning “pulling down, demolition”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 32 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.42.1: … Βοιωτοὶ Ἀθηναίων παραλαβόντες οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀνδρομένη ἐκόμισαν τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις καὶ ἀπέδοσαν, τοῦ τε Πανάκτου τὴν καθαίρεσιν ἔλεγον αὐτοῖς, νομίζοντες καὶ τοῦτο ἀποδιδόναι· πολέμιον γὰρ οὐκέτι ἐν αὐτῷ Ἀθηναίοις οἰκήσειν οὐδένα.

All forms of καθαίρεσις (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.