anangeon

Meaning

Noun

• A justification of an action by necessity.

Origin

• From New Latin anangeon, from Ancient Greek ἀναγκαῖον, neuter of ἀναγκαῖος.
• The spelling of this word with -ng- is unexpected. The Latin word first appears in Jodocus Badius' annotations of Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria, printed in 1516, in which is glossed as Anagkeon in and Anangeon in . The latter spelling is likely an error that was introduced by the compiler of the index and copied by later authors.