ἀναγκαῖος
See also: αναγκαίος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “necessity”) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.naŋ.kâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.naŋˈkɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.naɲˈɟɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.naɲˈɟe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.naɲˈɟe.os/
Adjective
ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖος • (anankaîos) m (feminine ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱ, neuter ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖον); first/second declension
- necessary
Declension
First and second declension of ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖος; ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱ; ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖος anankaîos | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱ anankaíā | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖον anankaîon | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίω anankaíō | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱ anankaíā | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίω anankaíō | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖοι anankaîoi | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖαι anankaîai | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖᾰ anankaîa | |||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίου anankaíou | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱς anankaíās | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίου anankaíou | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίοιν anankaíoin | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίαιν anankaíain | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίοιν anankaíoin | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίων anankaíōn | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίων anankaíōn | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίων anankaíōn | |||||
Dative | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίῳ anankaíōi | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾳ anankaíāi | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίῳ anankaíōi | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίοιν anankaíoin | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίαιν anankaíain | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίοιν anankaíoin | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίοις anankaíois | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίαις anankaíais | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίοις anankaíois | |||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖον anankaîon | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱν anankaíān | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖον anankaîon | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίω anankaíō | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱ anankaíā | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίω anankaíō | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίους anankaíous | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱς anankaíās | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖᾰ anankaîa | |||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖε anankaîe | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱ anankaíā | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖον anankaîon | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίω anankaíō | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίᾱ anankaíā | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίω anankaíō | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖοι anankaîoi | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖαι anankaîai | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαῖᾰ anankaîa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓νᾰγκαίως anankaíōs | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαιότερος anankaióteros | ᾰ̓νᾰγκαιότᾰτος anankaiótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
|
Derived terms
- ἀναγκαῖον (anankaîon)
Descendants
- Greek: αναγκαίος (anagkaíos)
Further reading
- “ἀναγκαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀναγκαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀναγκαῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀναγκαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- akin idem, page 21.
- bare idem, page 62.
- blood-relation idem, page 84.
- closely idem, page 139.
- cogent idem, page 142.
- cognate idem, page 142.
- compulsory idem, page 154.
- connected idem, page 161.
- connection idem, page 161.
- convincing idem, page 173.
- enforced idem, page 274.
- essential idem, page 283.
- extorted idem, page 297.
- forcible idem, page 335.
- fundamental idem, page 349.
- imperative idem, page 420.
- incumbent idem, page 431.
- indispensible idem, page 434.
- inevitable idem, page 436.
- integral idem, page 448.
- kindred idem, page 469.
- makeshift idem, page 509.
- material idem, page 517.
- necessary idem, page 553.
- needful idem, page 554.
- peremptory idem, page 607.
- pressing idem, page 637.
- related idem, page 689.
- relation idem, page 689.
- requisite idem, page 700.
- strong idem, page 827.
- telling idem, page 859.
- unavoidable idem, page 907.
- urgent idem, page 939.
- violent idem, page 953.
- vital idem, page 955.