Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀναγκαίη ‎(anankaíē) Epic, Ionic

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη • ‎(anánkē) f ‎(genitive ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης); first declension

1. force
2. constraint
3. necessity

Declension

Derived terms

• ἀναγκάζω ‎(anankázō)
• ἀναγκαῖον ‎(anankaîon)
• ἀναγκαῖος ‎(anankaîos)
• ἀναγκαιότης ‎(anankaiótēs)
• ἀναγκόσῑτος ‎(anankósītos)
• ἀναγκοφαγέω ‎(anankophagéō)
• ἐπανάγκης ‎(epanánkēs)

Descendants

• Greek: ανάγκη ‎(anánki)

References

• ἀνάγκη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνάγκη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνάγκη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἀνάγκη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀνάγκη» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἀνάγκη» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G318”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • coercion idem, page 141.
  • compulsion idem, page 154.
  • constraint idem, page 165.
  • exigence idem, page 292.
  • fatality idem, page 309.
  • force idem, page 335.
  • incumbent idem, page 431.
  • natural ties idem, page 552.
  • necessary idem, page 553.
  • necessity idem, page 554.
  • need idem, page 554.
  • obligation idem, page 565.
  • pressure idem, page 637.
  • relationship idem, page 689.
  • tie idem, page 874.
  • urgency idem, page 939.