ἀναγκαῖον
anagkaion
place of constraint, prison
Appears 1,179 times across Aristotle's works.
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Politics 181 ▸
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Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39Chapter 3 1253b1–22Chapter 10 1258a19–1258b8Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24Book III 33 ▸
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Generation of Animals 66 ▸
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De Interpretatione 46 ▸
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De Anima 36 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 26 ▸
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Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36Book VII 7 ▸
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Progression of Animals 19 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 14 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 14 ▸
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀναγκαῖον, τό, A. place of constraint, prison, X. HG 5.4.8 and 14, cf. Harp., who adds Καλλισθένης δὲ ἀνώγεων εἶπεν, ὃ δεῖ μᾶλλον λέγεσθαι: but correct reading is prob. ἀνάκαιον (preserved in Suid. and AB 98, as used by Boeotians), or Ἀνάκειον, q. v., as in D. 45.80, cf. EM 98.32. II. = αἰδοῖον, Artem. 1.45, Eust. 1968.39, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).133 (pl.). III. privy, Gloss. IV. = sq., Plaut. Rud. 363.
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