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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

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

  • διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ Ἰσραήλ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ψωμιῶ αὐτοὺσ ἀνάγκασ καὶ ποτιῶ αὐτοὺσ ὕδωρ χολῆς (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 9:15)
  • καὶ παραδώσω αὐτοὺσ εἰσ ἀνάγκασ πάσαισ ταῖσ βασιλείαισ τῆσ γῆσ διὰ Μανασσῆ υἱὸν Ἐζεκίου βασιλέωσ Ἰούδα, περὶ πάντων ὧν ἐποίησεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 15:4)
  • δυνατὸσ γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦσ, ὡσ ἔφην, νικῆσαι τὰσ τῶν παθῶν ἀνάγκασ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:17)
  • ἁγνὸν δέ με οἱ πατέρεσ προσδέξονται μὴ φοβηθέντα σου τὰσ μέχρι θανάτου ἀνάγκασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:36)
  • Πρὸσ τὰσ ἀνάγκασ οὕτωσ μεγαλοφρονοῦντα αὐτὸν ἰδόντεσ καὶ μηδὲ πρὸσ τὸν οἰκτριρμὸν αὐτῶν μεταβαλλόμενον ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτὸν ἤγαγον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 6:24)

Synonyms

  1. force

  2. constraint

  3. necessity

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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