ἀφαίρεσιν (aphairesin)

ἀφαίρεσιν is an Ancient Greek form of ἀφαίρεσις, meaning “taking away, carrying off, remoual”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 27 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 10.1.121: Τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν διχῆ νοεῖσθαι, τήν τε ἀκροτάτην, οἵα ἐστὶ περὶ τὸν θεόν, ἐπίτασιν οὐκ ἔχουσαν· καὶ τὴν 〈κατὰ τὴν〉 προσθήκην καὶ ἀφαίρεσιν ἡδονῶν. Μετιτέον δʼ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐπιστολήν. “Ἐπίκουρος Μενοικεῖ χαίρειν.

Plato, Sophist 227: … μὲν θάτερον, ἐκβάλλειν δὲ ὅσον ἂν ᾖ πού τι φλαῦρον. ἦν γὰρ οὖν. καὶ ψυχῆς ἄρα, καθʼ ὅσον ἂν εὑρίσκωμεν κακίας ἀφαίρεσίν τινα, καθαρμὸν αὐτὸν λέγοντες ἐν μέλει φθεγξόμεθα. καὶ μάλα γε. δύο μὲν εἴδη κακίας περὶ ψυχὴν ῥητέον. ποῖα;

All forms of ἀφαίρεσις (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.