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angareuō ἀγγαρεύω angareuō

'To press into service' — a Persian word from the royal courier-post (Herodotus' angaroi), by Roman times the soldier's legal right to commandeer a civilian for one mile (milion — a Latin loanword; Rome audible in the Greek). Matthew 5:41: go the second one. The verb returns on Simon of Cyrene, pressed into carrying a cross (27:32). → first discussed at Matt 5:41