A.taking up or away, esp. of dead bodies for burial, “ὀστέων” E.Or.404; “νεκρῶν” Th.3.109,113; “οἳ ἂν μὴ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐς ἀναίρεσιν” 2.34, cf. Antipho 5.68, Lys.2.7; “ἀναίρεσιν δοῦναι” E.Supp.18; in a sea-fight, “νεκρῶν ἢ ναυαγίων ἀ.” Th.7.72; “τῶν ναυαγῶν” X.HG1.7.5.
3. undertaking, “ἔργων” Pl.Lg.847b.
4. direct confutation of arguments, opp. διαίρεσις (confutation by drawing a distinction), Arist.SE183a10; destruction (by argument), “τινός” Phld.Sign.12.
5. Astrol., = ἀκτινοβολία, Thrasyll. ap. Porph.in Ptol.189.