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ἀναγκαστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναγκαστός

Structure: ἀναγκαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)nagka/zw

Sense

  1. forced, constrained, pressed

Examples

  • σύγκλυδεσ δὲ ᾤκισαν, οὐκ ὀλίγον δὲ καὶ τὸ Γαλιλαῖον ἦν, καὶ ὅσοι μὲν ἐκ τῆσ ὑπ’ αὐτῷ γῆσ ἀναγκαστοὶ καὶ πρὸσ βίαν εἰσ τὴν κατοικίαν ἀγόμενοι, τινὲσ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐν τέλει. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 48:1)

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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