The corpus record

ἐγ-κρῐτέον

egkriteon

one must admit

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Where it lives

Republic 3 · 0.34/10k

What it meant

ἐγ-κρῐτέον · eg-kriteon — LSJ

one must admit, one must approve, recommend

one must admit, εἰς ἀριθμόν τινα, opp. ἀποκρ-, Pl. R. 537a, cf. 413d; διορισμὸν ἐ. ὡς πιθανώτατον Dam. Pr. 436, cf. Jul. Or. 7.219a; one must approve, recommend, αἰώρας Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.86: also pl. ἐγκριτέα ib. 112.

In the wild

ἐγκριτέον · enkriteon Plato, Republic 2.377 (DIORISIS sentence 1295)
ἐγκριτέον · enkriteon Plato, Republic 3.413 (DIORISIS sentence 2056)
ἐγκριτέον · enkriteon Plato, Republic 7.537 (DIORISIS sentence 4641)

Where it came from

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