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κατᾰναγκ-άζω

katanagkazo

force back

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κατᾰναγκ-άζω · katanank-azō — LSJ

force back, force, into their place

force back, esp. of dislocated or fractured limbs, force them into their place, Hp. Fract. 8, al.

II overpower by force, constrain, torture

overpower by force, constrain, δεσμοῖς ἦν κατηναγκασμένος E. Ba. 643; κ. τὸ σῶμα torture, Luc. Nec. 4.

2 coerce, necessary, inevitable

coerce, τινὰ ἐς ξυμμαχίαν Th. 4.77; τινά τι Luc. Laps. 8; τινὰ ποιεῖν τι Is. 7.38, cf. PGen. 49.24 (iv A.D.):—Pass., ὅσα -άζεται πρὸς μικρότητα καὶ μέγεθος Thphr. CP 1.16.11; κινήσεις τινὲς ὑπὸ φαρμάκων -άζονται Gal. 6.150; κατηναγκασμένος necessary, inevitable, ὁμολογούμενον καὶ κ. ἅπασι Plb. 3.4.3, cf. A.D. Synt. 43.1, al.; αἱ -ασμέναι ὑπηρεσίαι τοῦ βίου Ph. Fr. 101 H.

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