ἀναγκαῖον

anagkaion

place of constraint, prison

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 2
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Book 17 1
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17399
Book 20 1
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20344
Iliad 1
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Book 16 1
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16836

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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