ληπτέος
lepteos
to be taken
Appears 118 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Prior Analytics 29 ▸
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Rhetoric 14 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 8 ▸
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Book II 5 ▸
Chapter 19 1392a8–1393a22
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1408b21–1409a21
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Topics 13 ▸
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Book II 1 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Book V 2 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Book VIII 5 ▸
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Politics 10 ▸
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Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34
Book IV 4 ▸
Chapter 9 1294a30–1294b41
Chapter 12 1296b13–1297a13
Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15
Book V 1 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1316b31–1317a39
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23
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Posterior Analytics 7 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 7 ▸
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Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26
Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20
Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36
Book III 1 ▸
Book VII 2 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
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Nicomachean Ethics 7 ▸
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Book II 3 ▸
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26
Book V 1 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13
Book VII 1 ▸
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Metaphysics 6 ▸
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Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1026a33–1027a28
Book Η 1 ▸
Book Ι 1 ▸
Book Κ 2 ▸
Chapter 5 1061b34–1062b11
Chapter 7 1063b36–1064b14
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Physics 5 ▸
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Meteorology 4 ▸
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On Colours 2 ▸
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Generation of Animals 2 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 2 ▸
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History of Animals 2 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 2 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 2 ▸
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On the Heavens 1 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
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Mechanica 1 ▸
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Parts of Animals 1 ▸
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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