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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

  • ἐὰν δὲ μακρὰν γένηται ἡ ὁδὸσ ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ μὴ δύνῃ ἀναφέρειν αὐτά, ὅτι μακρὰν ἀπὸ σοῦ ὁ τόποσ, ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, ὅτι εὐλογήσει σε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 14:24)
  • καὶ διηγήσατο Ἀμὰν τὰ συμβεβηκότα αὐτῷ Ζωσάρᾳ τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖσ φίλοισ, καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ αὐτὸν οἱ φίλοι καὶ ἡ γυνή. εἰ ἐκ γένουσ Ἰουδαίων Μαρδοχαῖοσ, ἦρξαι ταπεινοῦσθαι ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, πεσὼν πεσῇ καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνῃ αὐτὸν ἀμύνασθαι, ὅτι Θεὸσ ζῶν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 6:13)
  • ἐὰν δύνῃ, δόσ μοι ἀπόκρισιν πρὸσ ταῦτα. ὑπόμεινον, στῆθι κατ̓ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐγὼ κατὰ σέ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 33:5)
  • οὔκουν κακύνῃ τοῖσδε τοῖσ βουλεύμασιν, ὃσ ἐξ ἐμοῦ μὲν ἔπαθεσ οἱᾶ φῂσ παθεῖν, δρᾷσ δ’ οὐδὲν ἡμᾶσ εὖ, κακῶσ δ’ ὅσον δύνῃ; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:1)
  • ἔχε νυν, ἄλειψον τὸν τράχηλον τουτῳί, ἵν’ ἐξολισθάνειν δύνῃ τὰσ διαβολάσ. (Aristotle, Episode17)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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