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ἀνάγκη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάγκη

Structure: αναγκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gxw

Sense

  1. force
  2. constraint
  3. necessity

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀνάγκη ανάγκᾱ ανάγκαι
Genitive ανάγκης ανάγκαιν αναγκῶν
Dative ανάγκῃ ανάγκαιν ανάγκαις
Accusative ανάγκην ανάγκᾱ ανάγκᾱς
Vocative ανάγκη ανάγκᾱ ανάγκαι

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

  • τὰσ ἐξ ἐρατῶν ἐφόβησεν παγκρατὴσ Ἥρα μελάθρων Προίτου, παραπλῆγι φρένασ καρτερᾷ ζεύξασ’ ἀνάγκᾳ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 4:1)
  • γλυκεῖ’ ἀνάγκα σευομένα κυλίκων θάλπησι θυμὸν Κύπριδοσ δ’ ἐλπὶσ διαιθύσσει φρένασ ἀμμιγνυμένα Διονυσίοισι δώροισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 102)
  • σὺν δὲ ἀνάγκᾳ πᾶν καλόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 33 2:3)
  • "τίσ τοι ἀνάγκα; (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 581)
  • "τίσ τοι ἀνάγκα; (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 581)

Synonyms

  1. force

  2. constraint

  3. necessity

Similar forms

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