πειθαρχέω

peitharcheo

obey one in authority

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 5
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10

1102b26
Book IX 1
Chapter 8 1168a28–1169b2

1169a18
Book X 3
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23

1179b11
1180a5
1180a11
Politics 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36

1262b3
Book III 1
Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40

1286b30
Book IV 1
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12

1295b6
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

610a29
Topics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 14 105a34–105b37

105b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

πειθαρχέω, A. obey one in authority, abs., πειθαρχεῖ . . , ἄπληκτος ὥσπερ ἵππος Eup. 232, cf.Arist. Pol. 1262b3 : mostly c. dat., π. πατρί S. Tr. 1178 ; τοῖς νόμοισι Ar. Ec. 762 ; τοῖς ἐφεστῶσι X. Mem. 3.5.19, cf. Pl. R. 538d; ὡς ἂν . . τοῖς πηδαλίοις ἡ ναῦς π. Cratin. 139 ; τοῖς προσταχθεῖσιν Isoc. 3.13 ; τῷ λόγῳ Arist. Pol. 1295b6 : c. gen. (cf. πείθω B. I.3), ἐπιταγμάτων Epist. Darei in SIG 22.7 (v B. C.) ; στρατηγοῦ OGI 12.11 (Priene, iii B. C.), cf. 244.38 (Syria, ii B. C.) ; τινος PGiss. 2.16 (ii B. C.) :—Med., ἔθνος . . πειθαρχέεσθαι ἑτοῖμον Hdt. 5.91.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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