καταναγκάζειν

From LSJ

Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 236

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also καταναγκάζω): compel, force

Lexicon Thucydideum

cogere, compellere, to force, compel, 2.41.4, 5.61.1,
PASS. 1.75.3, 1.77.4, 4.77.2.