Aristotle Greek Lexicon ληπτέος

ληπτέος

lepteos

to be taken

Appears 118 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ληπτέος, α, ον, (λαμβάνω) A. to be taken or accepted, Pl. Prt. 356b. II. neut. ληπτέον, one must take hold, Ar. Eq. 603; ἔργον λ. one must undertake, X. Mem. 1.7.2; one must assume in arguing, etc., Pl. Phlb. 61a; one must take or choose, ἐκ τούτων ἐπιστάτας λ. X. Cyr. 8.1.10; λ. δὲ . . τίνας ὅρους λέγουσι Arist. Pol. 1280a7. 2. one must take, receive, ὁμήρους δοτέον καὶ λ. X. HG 3.2.18; one must submit to, πληγὰς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀμεινόνων Id. Lac. 9.5.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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