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ἀναγκ-άζω , fut.
3. c. acc. rei only, carry through by force,πόλις ἀναγκάζει τάδεE.IT595, cf. X.Mem.4.5.5, Arist.Rh.1392a27; ἠναγκασμένα λάχανα forced vegetables, Philostr. VA1.21.
4. c. acc. rei et inf., contend that a thing is necessarily so and so, “μὴ ἀνάγκαζε μὴ καλόν ἐστιν αἰσχρὸν εἶναιPl.Smp.202b, cf. Cra.432c, Tht.196b: foll. by Conj., “οἱ λόγοι ἀναγκάσειαν ἂν ὅτι ἀθάνατον ψυχήR.611b.
5. abs., apply compulsion, Arist.Pol. 1304b9 (ἀναγκάζω is a gloss in Pl.Tht.153c.).
6. in surgery, use force to reduce dislocations, etc., Hp.Art.3,5, al.
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