ἀναγκαῖον
anagkaion
place of constraint, prison
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀναγκαῖον, τό,
‹ All lexicon entries place of constraint, prison, HG 5.4.8 and 14, cf. , who adds Καλλισθένης δὲ ἀνώγεων εἶπεν, ὃ δεῖ μᾶλλον λέγεσθαι: but correct reading is prob. ἀνάκαιον (preserved in and AB 98, as used by Boeotians), or Ἀνάκειον, q. v., as in 45.80, cf. EM 98.32.
II. = αἰδοῖον, 1.45, 1968.39, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).133 (pl.).
III. privy, Gloss.
IV. = sq., Rud. 363.