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ἀναγκάζω

ἀναγκάζω, ἀναγκάζω, force, compel (verb)

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ἀναγκάζουσα present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular of ἀναγκάζω

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ἀναγκ-άζω, fut. -άσω E. Andr. 337, Th. 5.35 (later 2 pl. -ᾶτε Arch.Pap. 6.286): pf. ἠνάγκακα Pl. Hipparch. 232b: plpf. -ειν D. 33.28: (ἀνάγκη):—
  • force, compel, mostly c. acc. pers. et inf., ἀ. τινὰ κτείνειν, πόλισμα, συνθήκας ποιεῖσθαι, etc., Hdt. 1.11, 98, 6.42; δρᾶν, λέγειν, etc., S. El. 256, OC 979, etc.: so in Pass., ἠναγκάζοντο ἀμύνεσθαι Hdt. 5.101: without inf., κἄμʼ ἀναγκάζεις τάδε (sc. δρᾶν) S. Ph. 1368, cf. OT 280; ἀναγκάζεσθαί τι to be forced [to do] a thing, Pl. Phdr. 242a, 254b, cf. X. Mem. 4.5.4; ἀ. τινὰ ἐς τὸ πολεμεῖν Th. 1.23; ἐς τὸ ἔργον Id. 2.75.
      • 2 c. acc. pers. only, constrain a person, τὸ συνδρῶν σʼ ἀναγκάσει χρέος E. Andr. 337; esp. by argument, opp. ῥητορικῶς ἐλέγχειν, Pl. Grg. 472b; δεινοῖς ἠναγκάσθην I was constrained, tortured, S. El. 221, cf. X. Hier. 9.2; ἠναγκασμένος, ἀναγκασθείς under compulsion, Th. 6.22, 8.99; ὑπὸ δεσμῶν ἀναγκασθείς And. 1.2; φανεροὶ ἦσαν ἀναγκασθησόμενοι D. 18.19.
      • 3 c. acc. rei only, carry through by force, πόλις ἀναγκάζει τάδε E. IT 595, cf. X. Mem. 4.5.5, Arist. Rh. 1392a27; ἠναγκασμένα λάχανα forced vegetables, Philostr. VA 1.21.
      • 4 c. acc. rei et inf., contend that a thing is necessarily so and so, μὴ ἀνάγκαζε ὃ μὴ καλόν ἐστιν αἰσχρὸν εἶναι Pl. Smp. 202b, cf. Cra. 432c, Tht. 196b: foll. by Conj., οἱ λόγοι ἀναγκάσειαν ἂν ὅτι ἀθάνατον ψυχή R. 611b.
      • 5 abs., apply compulsion, Arist. Pol. 1304b9 (ἀναγκάζω is a gloss in Pl. Tht. 153c.).
      • 6 in surgery, use force to reduce dislocations, etc., Hp. Art. 3, 5, al.

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