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ἀναγκαῖον

ἀναγκαῖον, a place of constraint, a prison

ἀναγκ-αῖον, τό,
  • 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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