ἀρχαιρεσία

αἵρεσις

A. election of magistrates, ἀ. συνίζει an election is held, Hdt. 6.58: mostly in pl., Pl. Lg. 752c, X. Mem. 3.4.1, Is. 7.28, Arist. Pol. 1281b33, etc.
II. later neut.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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