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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

  • αἱ θλίψεισ τῆσ καρδίασ μου ἐπληθύνθησαν. ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν μου ἐξάγαγέ με. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 24:17)
  • ἀγαλλιάσομαι καὶ εὐφρανθήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ ἐλέει σου, ὅτι ἐπεῖδεσ τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου, ἔσωσασ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 30:8)
  • καὶ ἐκέκραξαν πρὸσ Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν αὐτῶν ἐῤῥύσατο αὐτοὺς (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 106:6)
  • καὶ ἐκέκραξαν πρὸσ Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν αὐτῶν ἔσωσεν αὐτοὺς (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 106:13)
  • καὶ ἐκέκραξαν πρὸσ Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν αὐτῶν ἔσωσεν αὐτούσ, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 106:19)

Synonyms

  1. force

  2. constraint

  3. necessity

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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