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ἀνάγκη (ananke): all forms

ἀνάγκη means “necessity, force”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.

Forms

Forms, singular
Feminine
Nominativeἀνάγκη
Genitiveἀνάγκης
Dativeἀνάγκῃ
Accusativeἀνάγκην
Vocativeἀνάγκη
Forms, plural
Feminine
Nominativeἀνάγκαι
Genitiveἀναγκῶν
Dativeἀνάγκαις
Accusativeἀνάγκας
Vocativeἀνάγκαι

Meaning and examples of ἀνάγκη

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.