Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • τὸ δὲ τὴν Καίσαροσ κατάλυσιν εἰσ νοῦν ἐμβαλέσθαι καὶ μὴ φοβηθῆναι τὴν δεινότητα καὶ δύναμιν καὶ τύχην, οὗ καὶ τοὔνομα τοὺσ Παρθυαίων καὶ Ἰνδῶν βασιλεῖσ οὐκ εἰά καθεύδειν, ὑπερφυοῦσ ἦν ψυχῆσ καὶ πρὸσ μηθὲν ὑφίεσθαι φόβῳ τοῦ φρονήματοσ δυναμένησ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Dion and Brutus, chapter 4 1:3)
  • ἐκπονούμενον, ἄνπερ ἐν καιρῷ φύσεωσ ἐπιλάβηται καὶ πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν καὶ δυσημερίαν εὐκόλωσ δυναμένησ. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 1 22:1)
  • τρέφειν μὴ δυναμένησ; (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 2 11:2)
  • ὥστ’ ἀνίατον γίνεσθαι παντάπασι τὸ ἐξάρχοντεσ, μηκέτι δυναμένησ τῆσ ἐπὶ τὸν ᾠδὸν ἀναφορᾶσ σῴζεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 10 4:2)
  • οὐ μὴν ἠπόρησεν ἡ τῆσ Ῥώμησ Τύχη φωνῆσ κακὸν τοσοῦτο μηνῦσαι καὶ φράσαι δυναμένησ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 12 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION