"Ἀνάγκη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἀνάγκη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.náŋ.kɛː/, /aˈnaɲ.ɟi/, /aˈnaɲ.ɟi/, /a.náŋ.kɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /aˈnaŋ.ke̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /aˈnaɲ.ɟi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /aˈnaɲ.ɟi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /aˈnaɲ.ɟi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Probably related to ἀναγκ- (anank-), the stem of ἤνεγκον (ḗnenkon), aorist of φέρω (phérō, “to carry”), with the verbal noun–forming suffix -η (-ē). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-}} Head templates: {{grc-noun|Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης|f|first|head=Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη}} Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη • (Ănắnkē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη|ης|form=sing}} Forms: Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη [canonical], Ănắnkē [romanization], Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη [nominative, singular], τῆς Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης [genitive, singular], τῇ Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκῃ [dative, singular], τὴν Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκην [accusative, singular], Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Ananke, a primordial goddess of Necessity and Fate Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "ananke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: ananke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: ananke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Ananke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Ananke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Ananke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Ananké",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: Ananké",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: Ananké"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Ανάγκη",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: Ανάγκη (Anágki)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: Ανάγκη (Anágki)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Ananke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Ananke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Ananke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂neḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably related to ἀναγκ- (anank-), the stem of ἤνεγκον (ḗnenkon), aorist of φέρω (phérō, “to carry”), with the verbal noun–forming suffix -η (-ē).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ănắnkē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη",
      "roman": "hē Ănắnkē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης",
      "roman": "tês Ănắnkēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκῃ",
      "roman": "têi Ănắnkēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκην",
      "roman": "tḕn Ănắnkēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη",
      "roman": "Ănắnkē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη"
      },
      "expansion": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη • (Ănắnkē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη",
        "2": "ης",
        "form": "sing"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Greek mythology",
          "orig": "grc:Greek mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Ancient Greece",
            "Mythology",
            "Ancient Europe",
            "Ancient Near East",
            "History of Greece",
            "Culture",
            "Ancient history",
            "History of Europe",
            "Ancient Asia",
            "Greece",
            "History of Asia",
            "Society",
            "History",
            "Europe",
            "Asia",
            "All topics",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ananke, a primordial goddess of Necessity and Fate"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ἀνάγκη-grc-noun-trO-jCAt",
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Ananke",
          "Ananke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) Ananke, a primordial goddess of Necessity and Fate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.náŋ.kɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.náŋ.kɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaŋ.ke̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ἀνάγκη"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "ananke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: ananke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: ananke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Ananke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Ananke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Ananke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Ananké",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: Ananké",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: Ananké"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Ανάγκη",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: Ανάγκη (Anágki)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: Ανάγκη (Anágki)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Ananke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Ananke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Ananke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂neḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably related to ἀναγκ- (anank-), the stem of ἤνεγκον (ḗnenkon), aorist of φέρω (phérō, “to carry”), with the verbal noun–forming suffix -η (-ē).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ănắnkē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη",
      "roman": "hē Ănắnkē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης",
      "roman": "tês Ănắnkēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκῃ",
      "roman": "têi Ănắnkēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκην",
      "roman": "tḕn Ănắnkēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη",
      "roman": "Ănắnkē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη"
      },
      "expansion": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη • (Ănắnkē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ᾰ̓νᾰ́γκη",
        "2": "ης",
        "form": "sing"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂neḱ-",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Greek mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ananke, a primordial goddess of Necessity and Fate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Ananke",
          "Ananke"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Greek mythology) Ananke, a primordial goddess of Necessity and Fate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.náŋ.kɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.náŋ.kɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaŋ.ke̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈnaɲ.ɟi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ἀνάγκη"
}

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