אַנְגַּרְיָא, (ἀγγαρεία, angaria) forced labor, service, esp. seizure for public services or works. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ bot. איתצדית בא׳ וכ׳ I was pressed into service to carry myrtles &c. B. Mets. VI, 3 (78ᵃ) נעשית א׳ (the ass) was seized for public service. Ib. 78ᵇ בא׳ חוזרת in the case that the animal pressed into service is sent back again. Lev. R. s. 12 שמעון א׳ במדינתא they heard that seizure for public service was to take place in the country. Esth. R. introd. והלך זו א׳ hălakh (Ezra IV, 13) means angaria (v. אנגרוטינא). Snh. 101ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. אַנְגַּרְיוֹת. Lev. R. s. 23 אע"פ שהן נגבין … וא׳ though annonæ and angariæ are collected from them. Yalk. Esth. 1051 א׳ של נשים levies of women (for the king).—Trnsf. בא׳ as a forced labor, reluctantly. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXII.—Pesik. R. s. 21 שלא באנגריס (corr. acc.) not as a forced labor.