διατηρέω

diatereo

watch closely, observe

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 7 595b4–21

595b18
Book IX 1
Chapter 7 612b18–613b5

612b28
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

801a31
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book X 1
Chapter 8 1178a9–1179a32

1178a13
Metaphysics 1
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Book Α 1
Chapter 8 988b22–990a32

990a1
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 138 844b1–22

844b16
Poetics 1
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Chapter 15 1454a16–1454b18

1454b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

διατηρέω, Boeot. δια-τᾱρέω Supp.Epigr. 1.132.8 (ii B. C.), but Dor. δια-τηρέω SIG 541A 4:—A. watch closely, observe, Pl. Lg. 836d (v.l.), Arist. HA 612b28; δ. μή τι πάθωσι D. 9.20. 2. maintain, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Decr. ap. D. 18.184; τὴν τάξιν Decr.ib.37; τὸ πρέπον Arist. EN 1178a13; τὰ τοῦ βίου δίκαια Men. 637; τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν ἑαυτῶν πίστιν Plb. 1.7.7; τὴν εὔνοιαν IG 12(7).506; τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν Phld. D. 3Fr. 19, etc.:—Med., -εῖται τὸν καιρόν observes, ib.Fr. 77:—Pass., ὅταν διατηρηθῶσιν οἱ νόμοι τῇ πόλει Aeschin. 3.6; ἀλειτούργητος -τηρείσθω ἡ θεία φύσις Epicur. Ep. 2p.42U. 3. with predicates, βοῦς ἐννέα ἔτη δ. ἀνοχεύτους Arist. HA 595b18; ἀβλαβές δ. Plb. 7.8.7; ἀφλυκταίνωτα δ. τὰ μέρη Dsc. 5.156; δ. τὸν πόλεμον Plu. Dio 33. 4. δ. ἑαυτὸν ἔκ τινος keep oneself from . ., Act.Ap. 15.29.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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