- ὑφαίρεσις
- ὑφαίρ-εσις, εως, ἡ,A taking away from under, ἰγνυῶν ὑ., in wrestling, Sopat. ap. Sch.T.Il.23.729.2 purloining, pilfering, τοῦ γραμματείου from the clerks' office, Test. ap. D.45.61;
ζεύγους χεροψελίων ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι PSI10.1128.23
(iii A. D.), cf. MitteisChr.372 ii 8, iii 5 (ii A. D.).3 subtraction,ἑνός Ph.1.574
; reduction,τοῦ μεγέθους Diog.Oen.39
;οἴνου καὶ τροφῆς Sor.1.46
.II ὑφαίρεσιν ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ὑποκειμένων to undertake the moderation or mitigation of . . , Plb.15.8.13.III in Gramm., omission of a letter, Sch. Ar. Av.149, EM389.6: opp. συγκοπή (which involves loss of a syllable), Hdn.Gr.2.247.
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