ανάγκη | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Necessity, constraint, or compulsion; what must be, whether by circumstance, logical necessity, or force. Also used of “fate” or an inevitable necessity pressing upon events.

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Grammatical Analysis

"ανάγκη"

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: feminine

Declension: 1st declension (alpha-stem; Ionic/Attic type in -η)

Related Forms of ἀνάγκη

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἀνάγκη nominative, singular, feminine ἀνάγκη nominative, singular, feminine αναγκη nominative, singular, feminine ἀνάγκην accusative, singular, feminine

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