# περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων 72

Ammonius Grammaticus, περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων, A. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ammonius-grammaticus/text/72

ἄρχειν καὶ κρατεῖν διαφέρει. ἄρχειν μὲν γάρ ἐστι τό τινων ἐπʼ ὠφελείᾳ προΐστασθαι, κρατεῖν δὲ τὸ βίᾳ τινὰς ἄγειν ὑπακουομένους ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ. καθὸ καὶ τῶν θηρίων κρατεῖν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἄρχειν λέγεται.

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Ammonius Grammaticus, περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων, ed. Klaus Nickau. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0708.tlg001.local001/.