περιποιέω

peripoieo

cause to remain over and above, keep safe, preserve

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book IX 2
Chapter 8 1168a28–1169b2

1168b27
1169a21
Book X 2
Chapter 7 1177a12–1178a8

1177b3
1177b13
Politics 2
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Book V 2
Chapter 6 1305a37–1306b21

1306a24

Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10

1315a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιποιέω, A. cause to remain over and above, keep safe, preserve, Hdt. 3.36, al., Th. 2.25, al., Lys. 13.63, etc.; ἐκ κακῶν καὶ πολέμου ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς π. Id. 6.47. 2. of money, food, etc., save up, lay by, X. Oec. 11.10 ; ἀπʼ ὀλίγων ib.2.10 ; τῶν προσόδων part of the revenues, Is. 6.38, cf. POxy. 2148.17 (i A. D.). 3. obtain a net product or residue, Thphr. Lap. 58. 4. generally, procure, secure, achieve, lay up, αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει Isoc. 15.301 ; π. τῇ πόλει τὰ εἰς τιμὴν ἀνήκοντα Milet. 3 No.146.84 (iii B. C.); πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα τῶν συμφερόντων τῇ πατρίδι IGRom. 4.1757 (Sardes, i B. C.); δυναστείας ἑαυτοῖς Aeschin. 3.3 (Med.), cf. D. 15.11; τὰ πράγματα ἐς ἑαυτοὺς π. get things into their own hands, Th. 8.48, cf. Is. 7.6. II. Med., keep or save for oneself, [τὸ παιδίον] Hdt. 1.110 (sed leg. -ποιήσῃς) τὸ ζῆν Arist. Pol. 1315a26; ἐλπίδας ἑαυτῷ D. 19.240; compass, acquire, gain possession of, δύναμιν, ἰσχύν, Th. 1.9,15 ; ἑαυτῷ ὄνομα καὶ δύναμιν π. X. An. 5.6.17, cf. LXX 1 Ma. 6.44; παρὰ τοῦ πλήθους δόξαν D. 12.19; αὑτοῖς δυναστείαν Arist. Pol. 1306a24; πρόβατα PMich.Zen. 87.7(iii B. C.); [ἐκκλησίαν] διὰ τοῦ αἵματος Act.Ap. 20.28; save, τοσαῦτα ὥστε καὶ πλουτεῖν X. Mem. 2.7.3; χρυσίον LXX 1 Ch. 29.3 ; make gain, ἀπό τινος X. Mem. 4.2.38 :— Pass., χρήματα περιποιηθησόμενα Cod.Just. 1.4.26 Intr. 2. in sense of Act. 1.1, freq. in LXX, as Ge. 12.12, al.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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