ἀρκτέον
arkteon
one must begin
Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀρκτέον, I. (ἄρχομαι) one must begin, τι πρᾶγμα Aj. 853; πάλιν ἀ. ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς one must make a fresh start, Ti. 48b; ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου, τῶν πρώτων, τῶν γνωρίμων ἀ., Metaph. 1013a3, GA 737b25, EN 1095b2, cf. 15.1.1. II. (ἄρχω) one must govern, τινί τινος 14.10: abs., OT 628, al. (you must be ruled, i.e. obey).
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of
ἀρκτέον — with the passages
he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated,
interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide.
Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.
‹ All lexicon entries