Borrowed fromAncient Greekαἵρεσις(haíresis).
haeresis f (genitivehaeresisorhaereseōsorhaeresios);third declension
- sect
- heresy
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
2Primarily in poetry.
- “haeresis”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “haeresis”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "haeresis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “haeresis”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- haeresis inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016