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- α1830Ἀνάγκης ἄτρακτονNecessity's spindle[sc. By 'spindle'] he is speaking of the axis.
- δ334Δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχυρότερονnothing is mightier than terrible necessity[sc. This proverb is used] because necessity compels even the gods. And Plato says that not even the gods compel necessity.
- α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary… is the penis called, since it is a token of necessity. "They resorted to force out of necessity." Meaning because of necessities. Isaeus calls the [sc. Athenian] prison a)nagkai=on. But Callisthenes said a)nwgai/wn and …
- ει144Εἱμαρμένηfate… get entangled and split apart and move round out of necessity. He claimed that because of these things, not only do [they] distribute wealth, poverty, disease, health, slavery, freedom, war, and peace, but also …
- 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; …
- κ146Κάκηbadness… yielded to cowardice and betrayed his master." And elsewhere: "with necessity calling, not to yield to cowardice."
- α3235Ἁπλότηςsimplicity… says, of old evils revolved around this mortal world from necessity, but less malicious than they are now, and simpler and not incurably burned into the souls in some depth. For great is the …
- α4303Ἄσχολοςleisure-less… sxolh/ ["leisure"] [means] free time in customary speech. "Neither without necessity to tell someone or to write in a letter that I am without leisure, nor in such a manner continually to excuse neglect …
- 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, …
- α3350Ἀποκήρυκτονdisenfranchised, disinherited, renounced… might seem to be saying that they are such of necessity; this indeed is not the case. For it is possible that someone who is not that sort of person has become disenfranchised. At …
- ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… elsewhere: "welcoming the good fortune of the opportunity and, with necessity summoning, not yielding to cowardice."
- χ317Χιώνsnow… of cold and with an accompanying wind, which out of necessity the whiteness follows. For it is the retention of the air that is in the clouds and the contact and coagulation in the …
- ι503ἸώσηποςJosephus… Jesus, a wise man, if in fact it is of necessity to call him a man at all. For he was a doer of incredible deeds, a teacher of men who received the truth …
- κ1632Κινδυνεύειis in danger, is at risk… when the many happen to fight against them out of necessity, they should not be put at risk by bad luck; rather they should consider it impossible to be in danger, with the attack …
- ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… souls which are not completely hard-hearted and tough: [e.g. the necessity of] keeping away and eschewing the worst aspects of life as much as possible, and, on the other side, of cherishing and pursuing …
- ε1370Ἐνθύμημαenthymeme, enthymema… different from the supposed things turns out to be of necessity through them" (Topica 100a25-27). But this is the scientific or demonstrative syllogism, i.e the one which starts from what is primary and true …
- ει142Εἱμαρμένηfate… p.13) in a chapter devoted to fate. The goddess Ananke (Necessity) is said to have given birth to Adrastea, who bears a name from the same root of this word. At the beginning of …
- κ1640Κίνησιςmotion, movement… But if the primary mover is incorporeal, there is no necessity that it is moved when moving something else, since every divine mover is unmovable as well, in having a standing substance and power …