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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀναγκαστός ἀνάγκαστον
Genitive ἀναγκαστοῦ ἀναγκάστου
Dative ἀναγκαστῷ ἀναγκάστῳ
Accusative ἀναγκαστόν ἀνάγκαστον
Vocative ἀναγκαστέ ἀνάγκαστον
DualN/A/V ἀναγκαστώ ἀναγκάστω
G/D ἀναγκαστοῖν ἀναγκάστοιν
PluralNominative ἀναγκαστοί ἀνάγκαστα
Genitive ἀναγκαστῶν ἀναγκάστων
Dative ἀναγκαστοῖς ἀναγκάστοις
Accusative ἀναγκαστούς ἀνάγκαστα
Vocative ἀναγκαστοί ἀνάγκαστα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀναγκαστός ἀναγκαστοῦ ἀναγκαστότερος ἀναγκαστοτεροῦ ἀναγκαστότατος ἀναγκαστοτατοῦ
Adverb ἀναγκάστως ἀναγκαστότερον ἀναγκαστότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰ γὰρ τὸ ἴδιον μέροσ, ὃ ἡμῖν ἔδωκεν ἀποσπάσασ ὁ θεόσ, ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἢ ὑπ’ ἄλλου τινὸσ κωλυτὸν ἢ ἀναγκαστὸν κατεσκευάκει, οὐκέτι ἂν ἦν θεὸσ οὐδ’ ἐπεμελεῖτο ἡμῶν ὃν δεῖ τρόπον. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 27:1)
  • ‐ Μέροσ ἐστὶ σόν, φύσει δὲ πηλόσ, κωλυτόν, ἀναγκαστόν, δοῦλον παντὸσ τοῦ ἰσχυροτέρου. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 78:1)

Synonyms

  1. forced

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

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