ἀναγκ-αῖος, α, ον,
in Attic dialect also ος, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 554a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of, with, or by force:
__I active, constraining, applying force, μῦθος ἀ. a word of force, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.399] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρειὼ ἀ. urgent necessity, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.57] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦμαρ ἀ. day of constraint, i.e. life of slavery, [[ 16.836] Refs]; ἀ. τύχη a doom imposed by fate, or fateful chance, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 485, compare 803] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but, fatal chance, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 48); πᾶν γὰρ ἀ. χρῆμ᾽ ἀνιηρὸν ἔφυ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 472, compare 297, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 230] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀρχῆς τῷ ἀ. παροξυνομένους by the compulsory nature of our rule, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.99; δεσμὸς ἀ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.33] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἀναγκαίου under stress of circumstances, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.60. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 forcible, cogent, πειθώ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 265d; ἀποδείξεις “Ti.” 40e; διαλλακτὰς πολὺ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων ἀναγκαιοτέρους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.60] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ-ότερα τῶν ἀντιγράφων the more authoritative copies, [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 390. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II passive, constrained, forced, twice in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, πολεμισταὶ ἀ.] Refs 8th c.BC+] soldiers perforce, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.499] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so δμῶες ἀ.[[ [prev. work] 210 (where however 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis explanation it χρειώδεις] Refs] trusty, serviceable, see below [[ 6). ] Refs]