peremptory

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. δεσποτικός, Ar. and P. αὐτοκράτωρ.

Of things: P. and V. ἀναγκαῖος.

Of a command: P. ἰσχυρός.

a peremptory demand made on one's neighbours: P. δικαίωσις τοῖς πέλας ἐπιτασσομένη (Thuc. 1, 141).