pressure

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

necessity, compulsion: P. and V. ἀνάγκη, ἡ.

under pressure of: P. and V. ὑπό (gen.).

pressure of space: P. στενοχωρία, ἡ.

under pressure: P. and V. ἀνάγκη, ἐξ ἀνάγκης.

each people readily leaving their own country under pressure of neighbours growing more numerous with time: P. ῥᾳδίως ἕκαστοι τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀπολείποντες βιαζόμενοι ὑπό τινων ἀει πλειόνων (Thuc. 1, 2).