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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἀνάγκη]]<br />with or by [[force]]:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> act. constraining, applying [[force]], Il.; [[ἦμαρ]] ἀν. the day of [[constraint]], i. e. [[slavery]], Ib.;so, ἀναγκαία [[τύχη]] the lot of [[slavery]], or a [[violent]] [[death]], Soph.; τῶι τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀναγκαίωι by the [[compulsory]] [[nature]] of our [[rule]], Thuc.; ἐξ ἀναγκαίου under [[compulsion]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of arguments, [[forcible]], [[cogent]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[pass]]. constrained, [[forced]], πολεμισταὶ ἀν. soldiers [[perforce]], [[whether]] they [[will]] or no, Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[necessary]], ἀναγκαῖόν [ἐστι], like [[ἀνάγκη]] [[ἐστί]], c. inf., it is [[necessary]] to do a [[thing]], Hdt., etc.; but, ἔνιαι τῶν ἀποκρίσεων ἀναγκαῖαι ποιεῖσθαι [[necessarily]] requiring to be made, Plat.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> τὰ ἀναγκαῖα [[necessary]] things, needs, as [[food]], [[sleep]], Plat., Xen.; τὰ ἐκ θεοῦ ἀν. the appointed [[order]] of things, laws of [[nature]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[absolutely]] [[necessary]], indispensable, [[barely]] [[sufficient]]; ἀν. [[τροφή]] = ἡ καθ' ἡμέραν, Thuc.; τὸ ἀναγκαιότατον [[ὕψος]] the [[least]] [[height]] that was [[absolutely]] [[necessary]], Thuc.; ἡ ἀναγκαιοτάτη [[πόλις]] the [[least]] that could be called a [[city]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> of persons, [[connected]] by [[necessary]] ties, i. e. [[related]] by [[blood]], Plat., etc.:— οἱ ἀναγκαῖοι, Lat. necessarii, [[kinsfolk]], Xen., etc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> adv. -ως, [[necessarily]], of [[necessity]], [[perforce]], [[ἀναγκαίως]] [[ἔχει]] it must be so, Hdt.; ἀν. φέρειν to [[bear]] as [[best]] one can, opp. to [[ἀνδρείως]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ἀν. λέγειν only so far as is [[necessary]], Plat.

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