ἀπαγορεύω

apagoreuo

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Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 3
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Book IV 1
Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2

1298a38
Book VII 2
Chapter 17 1336a3–1337a7

1336a35
1336b9
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book V 2
Chapter 1 1129a3–1130a13

1129b24

Chapter 11 1138a4–1138b14

1138a7
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1375b10
1375b25
Progression of Animals 1
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Chapter 14 712a23–712b21

712a32
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1350b8
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 3 807a31–808b10

808a11

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπαγορεύω, mostly in pres. and impf. only (ἀπερῶ being used as fut. by correct writers, ἀπεῖπον as aor., ἀπείρηκα as pf., and ἀπορρηθήσομαι, ἀπερρήθην, ἀπείρημαι as Pass. fut., aor., and pf.): aor. ἀπηγόρευσα Pl. Tht. 200d (v.l.), D. 40.44, 55.4, freq. in later writers: pf. ἀπηγόρευκα Arist. Phgn. 808a11, Plu. 2.1096f, etc.; Arist. (v. infr.) has pf. Pass. ἀπηγορευμένος:—Α. forbid, μὴ ποιεῖν τι Hdt. 1.183, 3.51, Ar. Ach. 169, etc.; ἀ. τινὶ μὴ ποιεῖν Hdt. 4.125, Pl. Prt. 334c, al.; ἀ. μηδένα βάλλειν X. Cyr. 1.4.14; τινὶ ποιεῖν τι D.S. 20.18; ἔμοιγε ἀπηγόρευες ὅπως μὴ . . ἀποκρινοίμην Pl. R. 339a; τοῦ νόμου ἀπαγορεύοντος ἐάν τις . . Lys. 9.6; ἀ. τι Id. 10.6; περὶ ὧν ὁ νόμος ἀ. μὴ κινῶσιν Arist. Pol. 1298a38; τὰ ἀπηγορευμένα things forbidden, ib.1336b9, cf. S.E. P. 1.152. 2. dissuade, πολλὰ ἀπαγορεύων οὐδὲν ἤνυε Hdt. 9.66, cf. 3.124; ἀ. τινί τι Plu. Arat. 35. II. intr., bid farewell to, c. dat., ἀ. τῷ πολέμῳ give up, renounce war, Pl. Mx. 245b: c. acc., τὴν ἀγκιστρείαν Aristanet.1.17; lose, στρώματα εἰς τὴν βαφήν Eun. VSp.487 B.: c. part., give up doing, οὔτε λέγων οὔτε ἀκούων ἀ. X. Cyn. 1.16: also, grow weary of, ἀ. θεώμενος Id. Eq. 11.9: abs., give up, flag, fail, Pl. R. 368c, 568d, Tht. 200d (answering to ἀπεροῦμεν above); ἀ. γήρᾳ by old age, X. Eq.Mag. 1.2; ἀ. ὑπὸ πόνων to be exhausted by . ., Id. An. 5.8.3; ταχὺ ἀ. οἱ ἵπποι Arist. IA 712a32; ἀ. πρὸς στρατείαν Plu. Cor. 13; πρὸς κρύος Luc. Anach. 24, cf. Eun. Hist. p.272 D.: also of things, τὰ ἀπαγορεύοντα worn out and useless, X. Cyr. 6.2.33. III. make an announcement, proclamation from, ἀπὸ τῶ λάω ὧ ἀπαγορεύοντι Leg.Gort. 10.36, 11.13.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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