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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

  • ἐπεὰν γὰρ ἀποθάνῃ βασιλεὺσ Λακεδαιμονίων, ἐκ πάσησ δεῖ Λακεδαίμονοσ, χωρὶσ Σπαρτιητέων, ἀριθμῷ τῶν περιοίκων ἀναγκαστοὺσ ἐσ τὸ κῆδοσ ἰέναι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 58 3:3)

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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