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- α1826Ἀνάγκῃwith necessity not even gods fight[no gloss]
- 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.
- α2173Ἀνδρὶ πεινῶντι κλέπτειν ἔστ' ἀναγκαίως ἔχονfor a starving man stealing is a necessity… saying] in reference to those who do something out of necessity.
- α1828ἈνάγκηnecessityIn the Epigrams: "see how all-wise necessity taught him to find an escape from Hades." And [there is] a proverb: "with necessity not even gods fight." It recommends that one should be satisfied with …
- α2901Ἅπαντα γάρ τοι βρωτὰ πολιορκουμένοιςfor all things are food to the besiegedThe saying [is] in reference to necessity. For the besieged often grasp even at things they should not.
- 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, …
- α4218Ἀστάθμητονuncertain… to speak, uncertain." "They endured the sea on account of necessity, reckoning that in their current constraint the uncertainty of that element offered them more security than the land." And to speak poetically, "there …