πειρατέον
peirateon
one must attempt
Appears 44 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Topics 11 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 9 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 3 ▸
Chapter 2 1094a18–1094b10
Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Book IX 2 ▸
Chapter 2 1164b22–1165a35
Book X 2 ▸
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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Politics 4 ▸
Open Politics › Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 18 1288a32–1288b6
Book IV 2 ▸
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26
Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
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Eudemian Ethics 3 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1216b26–1217a17
Book III 1 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
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Prior Analytics 2 ▸
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On the Heavens 2 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 2 ▸
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History of Animals 2 ▸
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Physics 2 ▸
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Rhetoric 2 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 2 ▸
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
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De Anima 1 ▸
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Generation of Animals 1 ▸
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Metaphysics 1 ▸
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Meteorology 1 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
πειρατέον, A. one must attempt, c. inf., Pl. R. 453d, Arist. EN 1166b28, etc.; π. εἶναι Isoc. 5.58 :—also πειρ-τέα, Pl. Lg. 770b.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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