antenairesis

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1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνταναίρεσις
2. English todayantenairesis

From Ancient Greek ἀνταναίρεσις (antanaíresis), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀναίρεσις (anaíresis, “subtraction”). Used by Aristotle; identified by Alexander of Aphrodisias as Aristotle's term for ἀνθυφαίρεσις (anthuphaíresis, “anthyphairesis”), from ἀνθυφαιρέω (anthuphairéō, “to subtract in turn, subtract reciprocally”).