must
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v.
I must: use P. and V. δεῖ με, χρή με, ἀνάγκη ἐστί μοι (or omit ἐστι), ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστί μοι (or omit ἐστι).
this must be the sign of Zeus descending in thunder: Ar. οὐκ ἔσθ' ὅπως τοῦτ' ἔστι τὸ τέρας οὐ Διὸς καταιβάτου (Pax. 42), or use P. and V. verbal in τέος.
I wished first to learn what must be done: V. πρώτιστ' ἔχρῃζον ἐκμαθεῖν τί πρακτέον (Soph., Oedipus Rex 1439).
you must have drawn up this indictment to make trial of us: P. οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως σὺ… οὐχὶ ἀποπειρώμενος ἡμῶν ἐγράψω τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην (Plato, Ap. 27E).
they must be wrong: P. κινδυνεύουσιν ἁμαρτάνειν.
I love my own children, else I must be mad: V. φιλῶ ἐμαυτοῦ τέκνα. μαινοίμην γὰρ ἄν (Eur., Iphigenia in Aulis 1256).
these doctrines must be harmful: P. ταῦτ' ἂν εἴη βλαβερά (Plato, Ap. 30B).
substantive
must of wine: Ar. τρύξ, ἡ.
