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δύναμαι

-μι athematic Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύναμαι δυνήσομαι ἐδυνησάμην δεδύνημαι

Structure: δύνα (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Etym.: decl. in pres. and imperf. like i(/stamai

Sense

  1. (with infinitive) to be able, capable, strong enough to do
  2. (of moral possibility) to be able, to dare, to bear to do
  3. (with ὡς ‎(hōs) and a superlative) as much as one can

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον δυναίμην ἐμαυτὸν χειρώσασθαι, ἢ δεηθείσ γε ἑτέρου, καὶ ποιήσει μοι τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 30:24)
  • δυναίμην δ’ ἂν ὥσπερ κολάζειν τοὺσ ἀπειθοῦντάσ μου τοῖσ ἐπιτάγμασιν, οὕτωσ καὶ εὐεργετεῖν τοὺσ εὐπειθοῦντάσ μοι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:6)
  • ἀξιῶ δέ, ὦ Ζεῦ, μετὰ παρρησίασ μοι δοῦναι εἰπεῖν οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν ἄλλωσ δυναίμην, ἀλλὰ πάντεσ με ἴσασιν ὡσ ἐλεύθερόσ εἰμι τὴν γλῶτταν καὶ οὐδὲν ἂν κατασιωπήσαιμι τῶν οὐ καλῶσ γιγνομένων διελέγχω γὰρ ἅπαντα καὶ λέγω τὰ δοκοῦντά μοι ἐσ τὸ φανερὸν οὔτε δεδιώσ τινα οὔτε ὑπ’ αἰδοῦσ ἐπικαλύπτων τὴν γνώμην ὥστε καὶ ἐπαχθὴσ δοκῶ τοῖσ πολλοῖσ καὶ συκοφαντικὸσ τὴν φύσιν, δημόσιόσ τισ κατήγοροσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἐπονομαζόμενοσ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 2:1)
  • καὶ συγγνώμη, εἰ μηδὲν ἀρχέτυπον ἐπιδεῖξαι ταύτησ δυναίμην τῆσ γραφῆσ· (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 16:4)
  • στρατοῦ δὲ πλῆθοσ οὐδ’ ἂν ἐν ψήφου λόγῳ θέσθαι δυναίμην, ὡσ ἄπλατον ἦν ἰδεῖν, πολλοὶ μὲν ἱππῆσ, πολλὰ πελταστῶν τέλη, πολλοὶ δ’ ἀτράκτων τοξόται, πολὺσ δ’ ὄχλοσ γυμνὴσ ὁμαρτῇ, Θρῃκίαν ἔχων στολήν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 2:6)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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