ὑποληπτέον

hypolepteon

one must suppose, understand, regard

Appears 39 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On the Heavens 6
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Book II 4
Chapter 1 283b26–284b5

284a19
284a24

Chapter 2 284b6–286a2

284b12

Chapter 13 293a15–296a23

293b7
Book IV 2
Chapter 3 310a16–311a14

310a21
310a30
Meteorology 6
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Book I 3
Chapter 3 339a33–341a36

340b30

Chapter 8 345a11–346b15

346b3

Chapter 14 351a19–353a28

352a29
Book II 2
Chapter 3 356b4–359b26

356b9

Chapter 9 369a10–370a33

369b35
Book III 1
Chapter 6 377a29–378b6

377a29
Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book VII 3
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20

1145b2

Chapter 3 1146b8–1147b19

1147a23

Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14

1148b11
Book X 1
Chapter 8 1178a9–1179a32

1179a22
On Generation and Corruption 3
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Book I 3
Chapter 1 314a1–315a25

314a4

Chapter 5 320a8–322a33

320a29

Chapter 7 323b1–324b24

324a24
Generation of Animals 2
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Book V 2
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13

779b25

Chapter 3 781b30–784a22

781b34
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 2
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Chapter 10 471b30–472b5

472a28
Chapter 12 473a3–14

473a3
Metaphysics 2
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Book Κ 2
Chapter 6 1062b12–1063b35

1063a4
1063a5
Physics 2
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 213a12–213b29

213a12
Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 250b11–252b6

251a5
Politics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24

1260a15
Book IV 1
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29

1294a5
On Sleep 2
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Chapter 2 455a4–456a29

455b32
Chapter 3 456a30–458a32

456b17
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

801b26
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

400b27
History of Animals 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 3 583a14–583b28

583b6
Movement of Animals 1
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Chapter 10 703a4–703b2

703a29
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 647b10–649b8

648a14
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 2 806a19–807a30

807a24
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 2 437a19–439a5

438b20
Topics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 3 158a31–159a14

158b17

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑποληπτέον, (ὑπολαμβάνω) A. one must suppose, understand, regard, τἆλλα . . τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ὑ. Pl. Tht. 156e; οὕτως ὑ. περί τινος Id. R. 613a: c. inf., Arist. PA 648a14; τίνα . . ἔχον δύναμιν αὐτὸ ὑ.; Pl. Ti. 49a. II. one must answer, Eust. 1172.26.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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