used only in neut. ; ἐπάναγκές [ἐστι] it is compulsory, necessary, c. inf., And. 1.1, Pl. Lg. 878e, etc. ; μηδὲν ἐ. ἔστω let there be no compulsion, ib. 765a, cf. Smp. 176e. as Adv., on compulsion, ἐ. κομῶντες wearing long hair by fixed custom, Hdt. 1.82; ἐ. λέγειν, ἐντίθεσθαι, Aeschin. 1.24, D. 34.7; ἐ. λαβεῖν Men. 576; ἐ. βουλὴν ἀθροισάτω IG2². 1100.50, etc. ; τὰ ἐπάναγκες Act. Ap. 15.28.