ananke
Meanings
noun
- Necessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and circumstances, to which even the gods must ultimately pay homage and deference.
name
- A Greek goddess, personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle.
- A moon of Jupiter.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “necessity”).
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