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ἀνάγκη , Ion. and Ep. ἀναγκαίη , ,
A.force, constraint, necessity,κρατερὴ δ᾽ ἐπικείσετ᾽ .Il.6.458; ἀναγκαίη γὰρ ἐπείγει ib.85; “ἀναγκαίῃ πολεμίζειν4.300; “τίς τοι ἀνάγκη πτώσσειν;5.633; οἷσιν . (sc. φυλάσσειν) 10.418, al.: but in Hom. usu. in dat. as Adv., ἀνάγκῃ perforce, of necessity,ἀείδεινOd.1.154; “φεύγεινIl.11.150: in act. sense, forcibly, by force, ἴσχειν, ἄγειν, Od.4.557, 22.353; “μνήσασθαι7.217: strengthd. by καί, 10.434; “ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκης19.156; opp. ἑκόντες, Pl.Phdr.231a; “ὑπ᾽ ἀναγκαίηςHdt.7.172, al.; “ἐξ ἀνάγκηςS.Ph.73, Th.3.40, etc.; “δι᾽ ἀνάγκηςPl.Ti.47e; “σὺν ἀνάγκᾳPi.P.1.51; “πρὸς ἀνάγκανA.Pers.569 codd. (lyr.), cf. Epict.Ench.29.2; “κατ᾽ ἀνάγκηνX.Cyr.4.3.7: ἀνάγκη ἐστί, c. inf., it must be that . . , is necessary that . . , cf. Il. supr. cit.; “πᾶσα . ἐστὶ ὗσαιHdt.2.22; τρέφειν τοὺς τοκέας τοῖσι μὲν παισὶν οὐδεμία ., τῇσι δὲ θυγατράσι πᾶσα . ib.35: c. dat. pers., “. μοι σχεθεῖνA.Pr.16, cf. Pers.293:—in Trag. freq. in answers and arguments, πολλή γ᾽ ἀνάγκη, πολλή᾽ στ᾽ ἀνάγκη, or πολλή μ᾽ ἀνάγκη, with which an inf. may always be supplied, E.Med.1013, Hec.396, S.Tr.295; so “πᾶσ᾽ ἀνάγκηEl.1497, cf. Pl.R.441d; ἀνάγκη μεγάλη [ἐστί] ib.485e, Is.3.6, D.28.9; “ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ἐστίLys.6.8: later ἀνάγκην ἔχω, c. inf., Ev.Luc. 14.18.
2. necessity in the philosophical sense, Arist.APo.94b37, Metaph.1026b28, Ph.199b34; logical necessity, Metaph.1064b33: in pl., laws of nature,τίσιν ἀνάγκαις ἕκαστα γίγνεται τῶν οὐρανίωνX. Mem.1.1.11, cf. Hp.Aër.21.
c. . τοῦ τόπου the lie of the ground as a necessary condition, PLille4.14.
d. ἀνάγκη δαιμόνων, αἱ ἐκ θεῶν ἀνάγκαι, fate, destiny, E.Ph.1000, 1763: freq. personified in Poets, Parm.8.30, Emp.116, A.Pr.105, S.Fr.256; “Ἀνάγκᾳ δ᾽ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονταιSimon.5.21.
3. compulsion exerted by a superior, . προστιθέναι, ἐπιτιθέναι, X.Hier.9.4, Lac.10.7.
b. violence, punishment, esp. of torture, mostly pl., “ἐς ἀνάγκας ἄγεσθαιHdt.1.116, cf. Antipho 6.25, Herod.5.5; “προσάγειν τινὶ τὰς ἀνάγκαςTh.1.99; τὰ πρὸς ἀνάγκας ὄργανα instruments of torture, Plb.15.28.2: later in sg., “ . τῶν βασάνωνPlu.2.305e; “πρὸς ἀνάγκηνunder torture, Id.Publ.17: metaph., Hp.de Arte13; δολοποιὸς ., i. e. the stratagem of Nessus, S.Tr.832; “βρόχων πλεκταῖς ἀνάγκαιςXenarch.1.9.
c. duress, 'force majeure',ὅρκους οὓς ποιέονται ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὄντεςDemocr.239; stress of circumstances, “ἀκούσιοι .Th.3.82.
d. treatment by mechanical force,τῶν ἀναγκῶν τινὰ προσφέρεινHp.Fract.15, cf. Art.73.
4. bodily pain, anguish,κατ᾽ ἀνάγκην ἕρπεινpainfully, S.Ph.206 (lyr.); ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκης βοᾶν ib.215; “ὠδίνων ἀνάγκαιE.Ba.89 (lyr.): generally, distress,ἐν ἀνάγκαις γλυκὺ γίνεται καὶ τὸ σκληρόνSimon.226; freq. in LXX, Jb.15.24, al.; “ ἐνεστῶσα .1 Ep.Cor.7.26: esp. in pl., IG12 (7).386.23 (Amorgos, iii B. C.), D.S.4.43, 2 Ep.Cor.6.4, etc.
II. tie of blood, kindred, Lys.32.5.
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