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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

  • Ἀποκριθεὶσ δὲ Λάβαν καὶ Βαθουὴλ εἶπαν. παρὰ Κυρίου ἐξῆλθε τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦτο. οὐ δυνησόμεθα οὖν σοι ἀντειπεῖν κακὸν ἢ καλόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:50)
  • οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. οὐ δυνησόμεθα ἕωσ τοῦ συναχθῆναι πάντασ τοὺσ ποιμένασ, καὶ ἀποκυλίσουσι τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματοσ τοῦ φρέατοσ, καὶ ποτιοῦμεν τὰ πρόβατα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:8)
  • καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖσ Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Δείνασ. οὐ δυνησόμεθα ποιῆσαι τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, δοῦναι τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν ἀνθρώπῳ, ὃσ ἔχει ἀκροβυστίαν. ἔστι γὰρ ὄνειδοσ ἡμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:14)
  • ἡμεῖσ δέ εἴπομεν. οὐ δυνησόμεθα καταβῆναι. ἀλλ̓ εἰ μὲν ὁ ἀδελφὸσ ἡμῶν ὁ νεώτεροσ καταβαίνει μεθ̓ ἡμῶν, καταβησόμεθα. οὐ γὰρ δυνησόμεθα ἰδεῖν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν τοῦ νεωτέρου μὴ ὄντοσ μεθ̓ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 44:26)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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