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- 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 …
- 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 …
- χ468Χρείωneed[Meaning] necessity.
- 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 …
- ε233Ἐδίδαξενtaught[Meaning he/she/it] persuaded, provoked. "Necessity taught them to encamp in the first place where they saw villages."
- 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 …
- 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"].
- 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.
- 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 …
- ε3677Εὑρεσιλόγοςskilled at finding words, ingenious in argument, sophistical… I seem to some of you to speak ingeniously without necessity."
- 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].
- μ1176ΜνῶI recall, I remind… pronounced with a circumflex on the final syllable out of necessity .
- 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; …
- η148Ἠθάδωνaccustomed to… the climate] went out of the tents without some extraordinary necessity."
- 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."
- 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."
- κ146Κάκηbadness… yielded to cowardice and betrayed his master." And elsewhere: "with necessity calling, not to yield to cowardice."
- χ515Χρηστόςuseful… [one is] good out of love, but not out of necessity. But *xristo/s ["Christ, Messiah"] [is] he who has been anointed with oil. And *xristo/s [is] our Lord and God. And *xristo/s [is] king.
- β302Βιῶνταιthey would press hard… part of the wall -- they made ready for this necessity."
- 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 …
- 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, …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- χ474Χρῆμαthing; matter… been sufficient for another to lead a life of bare necessity."
- 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 …
- ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… elsewhere: "welcoming the good fortune of the opportunity and, with necessity summoning, not yielding to cowardice."