constraint

From LSJ

Μή μοι γένοιθ', ἃ βούλομ', ἀλλ' ἃ συμφέρει → Ne sit mihi, quod cupio, sed quod expedit → nicht was ich will, geschehe mir, doch was mir nützt

Menander, Monostichoi, 366

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

compulsion: P. and V. ἀνάγκη, ἡ.

feeling of constraint: P. and V. αἰδώς, ἡ.