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- α1830Ἀνάγκης ἄτρακτονNecessity's spindle[sc. By 'spindle'] he is speaking of the axis.
- ε233Ἐδίδαξενtaught[Meaning he/she/it] persuaded, provoked. "Necessity taught them to encamp in the first place where they saw villages."
- αι88Αἰδοῖονpudendum, shameful thing… called 'necessary' by some; since it is a symbol of necessity. He who has large pudenda used to be called a)ndrosa/qwn ["manroot"].
- λ28Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκαfor a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figs… against those reckoning things as valuable in [a situation of] necessity. Interpretation of a dream: a hare appearing makes an unlucky path [of life].
- ε328Ἔθοςcustom, habituation… to kingship. For all people follow custom willingly and without necessity. And law is full of such justice and philanthropy that even for unfortunate people it is more useful than what is generically convenient; …
- α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table… and sometimes in reference to something which happens out of necessity, as [Sophocles] here says "than this necessary fortune" of life, that is, than this misfortune. And Iamblichus [writes]: "I sent you this chain, …
- χ474Χρῆμαthing; matter… been sufficient for another to lead a life of bare necessity."
- δ1093Δίκηςof justice… by most [poets], but it is also a result of necessity, for this is the nature of the Just. Hesiod says, on the other hand, that justice is virgin and uncorrupted not only in …