ἀνάγκη

• ἀναγκαίη (anankaíē) — Epic, Ionic

Probably related to ἀναγκ- (anank-), the stem of ἤνεγκον (ḗnenkon), aorist of φέρω (phérō, “to carry”), with the verbal noun–forming suffix -η (-ē).

ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη • (anánkē) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης); first declension

1. force
2. constraint
3. necessity

• Greek: ανάγκη (anágki)
• Pontic Greek: ανάγκη (anágki)
  • → Laz: ანანკენი (ananǩeni)
• and see: Ἀνάγκη (Anánkē, “(Goddess of) Fate”)

• “ἀνάγκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνάγκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀνάγκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀνάγκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάγκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀνάγκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G318 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • coercion idem, page 141.
  • compulsion idem, page 154.
  • constraint idem, page 165.
  • exigence idem, page 292.
  • fatality idem, page 309.
  • force idem, page 335.
  • incumbent idem, page 431.
  • natural ties idem, page 552.
  • necessary idem, page 553.
  • necessity idem, page 554.
  • need idem, page 554.
  • obligation idem, page 565.
  • pressure idem, page 637.
  • relationship idem, page 689.
  • tie idem, page 874.
  • urgency idem, page 939.