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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

  • καὶ σὺ τοίνυν ἄλλῳ μὲν δεηθέντι χρήσειασ ἂν τὰ βιβλία, χρήσασθαι δὲ αὐτὸσ οὐκ ἂν δύναιο. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 30:1)
  • καὶ ὑπεροψίασ μέν γε καὶ τύφου καὶ τοῦ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐντυγχάνοντασ φρυάγματοσ οὐδὲ κατ’ ἀξίαν δύναιο ἂν παρ’ αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν δίκην ῥᾷον γοῦν τὸν ἥλιον ἄν τισ ἢ τοῦτον ἀσκαρδαμυκτὶ προσέβλεψεν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 26:6)
  • οὐκ ἂν δύναιο τοῦ πεπρωμένου πλέον. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:25)
  • ὦ γενναῖε, σύ μοι δοκεῖσ ἀνήκοοσ εἶναι καὶ τῶν ἀναγραψάντων τοὺσ ἐκείνων βίουσ, ἐπεὶ πάντωσ ἂν καὶ ἐπιγνῶναι οὕστινασ λέγω δύναιο. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 31:8)
  • τὰσ μὲν οὖν ἐν σώματι ἤδη ἔδειξα, τὰσ δὲ τῆσ διανοίασ οὕτωσ ἐπιτηρεῖν, οἶμαι, δύναιο ἄν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 80:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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