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42 entries for necessity

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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 …Matched in translationhighshort
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.Matched in translationhighshort
χ461Χρεώνnecessity… he came to old age, he paid in full the necessity that is common to destiny and met with a fitting funeral." The [word] "necessity" is a participle, from xrw=, becoming xre/w, xre/on in …Matched in translationhigh

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In 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 what is available.…

Ἀνάγκη· ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ἴδ' ὡς ἐδίδαξεν ἀνάγκα πάνσοφος ἐξευρεῖν ἔκλυσιν ἀΐδεω. καὶ παροιμία· ἀνάγκῃ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται. παρεγγυᾷ, ὅτι δεῖ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀρκεῖσθαι. ὅμοιον τῷ· ἂν…

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α2173Ἀνδρὶ πεινῶντι κλέπτειν ἔστ' ἀναγκαίως ἔχονfor a starving man stealing is a necessity… saying] in reference to those who do something out of necessity.Matched in translationhighshort

α1826Ἀνάγκῃwith necessity not even gods fight[no gloss]Matched in headwordhighshort

α1830Ἀνάγκης ἄτρακτονNecessity's spindle[sc. By 'spindle'] he is speaking of the axis.Matched in headwordhighshort

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3239Ἁπλῶςsimply[Meaning] from necessity; or as at first, and not in another respect. "They simply had no conception of the things to come; but regarding the very appearance of the ambassadors as ominous they fell …Matched in translationhighshort

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; …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1678Ἀμυνόμενοιrevenging themselves… blow, but always seemed to be revenging themselves out of necessity against their enemies." And elsewhere: "they see both you and me; and they know that I, having suffered from deeds, am revenging myself …Matched in translationhighshort

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, …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1835Ἀναγωγήlaunch, launching… magnficence of the armaments or the other preparations that exceeded necessity for beauty." And elsewhere: "having surveyed the situation in Egypt, they made their launch for Cyprus and thence to Syria."Matched in translationhighshort

α2869Ἀπαγωγάςcarryings off, arrests… ["proscription"], a written deposition given to the magistrate concerning the necessity to arrest a certain person. "Then Licinius arrived on the pretext of a proscription". So the a)pagwgh/ is a type of lawsuit; it …Matched in translationhighshort

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.Matched in translationhighshort

α3198ἈππιανόςAppianos, Appianus, Appian… and whatever part of Italy passed over to them by necessity or treachery or error, these events are told in the books on the Kelts and Libyans. Separate books were composed to narrate how …Matched in translationhighmedium

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

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"].Matched in translationhighshort

β302Βιῶνταιthey would press hard… part of the wall -- they made ready for this necessity."Matched in translationhighshort

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε233Ἐδίδαξενtaught[Meaning he/she/it] persuaded, provoked. "Necessity taught them to encamp in the first place where they saw villages."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2180Ἐπ' ἤματιfor a day… dead empress for [sc. only] about a day -- because necessity, and the war at hand, was for him overshadowing his emotion concerning his wife."Matched in translationhighshort

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… elsewhere: "welcoming the good fortune of the opportunity and, with necessity summoning, not yielding to cowardice."Matched in translationhighshort

ε3677Εὑρεσιλόγοςskilled at finding words, ingenious in argument, sophistical… I seem to some of you to speak ingeniously without necessity."Matched in translationhighshort

η148Ἠθάδωνaccustomed to… the climate] went out of the tents without some extraordinary necessity."Matched in translationhighshort

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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

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