ἐπανάγκης
epanagkes
it is compulsory, necessary
Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπανάγκης, used only in neut.: 1. ἐπάναγκές [ἐστι] it is compulsory, necessary, c. inf., 1.1, Lg. 878e, etc.; μηδὲν ἐ. ἔστω let there be no compulsion, ib.765a, cf.Smp. 176e. 2. as Adv., on compulsion, ἐ. κομῶντες wearing long hair by fixed custom, 1.82; ἐ. λέγειν, ἐντίθεσθαι, 1.24, 34.7; ἐ. λαβεῖν 576; ἐ. βουλὴν ἀθροισάτω IG 22.1100.50, etc.; τὰ ἐπάναγκες Act.Ap. 15.28.
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