necessitate

From LSJ

Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this liferather, it is just a corpse with a soul

Sophocles, Antigone, 1165-7

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verb intransitive

require, have need of: P. and V. δεῖσθαι (gen.).

compel: P. and V. ἀναγκάζειν; see compel.