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θρεπτέον

From LSJ

Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25

German (Pape)

[Seite 1217] (s. τρέφω), zu ernähren, Plat. Tim. 19 a; Sp.; ἀπὸ τῶν εἰργασμένων θρεπτέον, muß man leben, Xen. Hipparch. 8, 8.