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αἱρετ-ιστής

airetistes · ὁ

one who chooses

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

αἱρετ-ιστής · hairet-istēs — LSJ

one who chooses

one who chooses, τινός Plb. 22.6.11.

2 partisan, founder of a philosophical school

partisan, τῶν τρόπων τινός Philem. 131, cf. Plb. 1.79.9, etc.; founder of a philosophical school, D.L. 9.6; τῶν λόγων Vit.Philonid. p.12 C.

3 sectarian

sectarian, J. BJ 2.8.2, Iamb. Protr. 21.κά.

4 belonging to the ‘condition’

Astrol., belonging to the ‘condition’, Jul.Laod. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 5(1).183.

In the wild

αἱρετιστὴς · hairetistēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6549)
αἱρετιστὰς · hairetistas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7711)

Where it came from

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