Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀναγκαστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναγκαστός

Structure: ἀναγκαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)nagka/zw

Sense

  1. forced, constrained, pressed

Examples

  • Ὅταν ἀκούσωσί τινεσ τούτων τῶν λόγων, ὅτι βέβαιον εἶναι δεῖ καὶ ἡ μὲν προαίρεσισ ἐλεύθερον φύσει καὶ ἀνανάγκαστον, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα κωλυτά, ἀναγκαστά, δοῦλα, ἀλλότρια, φαντάζονται ὅτι δεῖ παντὶ τῷ κριθέντι ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἀπαραβάτωσ ἐμμένειν. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 1:1)
  • τὰ μὲν κωλυτὰ καὶ ἀφαιρετὰ καὶ ἀναγκαστὰ οὐκ ἴδια, τὰ δ’ ἀκώλυτα ἴδια· (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 3:2)
  • ἂν οὖν μηδὲν τούτων ποιῇ, μήπω εἴπῃσ ἐλεύθερον, ἀλλὰ τὰ δόγματα αὐτοῦ κατάμαθε, μή τι ἀναγκαστά, μή τι κωλυτικά, μή τι δυσροητικά· (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 58:1)

Synonyms

  1. forced

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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