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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 ἔζωσε τὸν Δαυὶδ τὴν ρομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπάνω τοῦ μανδύου αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐκοπίασε περιπατήσασ ἅπαξ καὶ δίσ. καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸσ Σαούλ. οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πορευθῆναι ἐν τούτοισ, ὅτι οὐ πεπείραμαι. καὶ ἀφαιροῦσιν αὐτὰ ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 17:19)
  • καὶ εἶπεν. οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι μετὰ σοῦ οὐδὲ μὴ φάγομαι ἄρτον οὐδὲ πίομαι ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 13:16)
  • ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ γνῶσίσ σου ἐξ ἐμοῦ. ἐκραταιώθη, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πρὸσ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 138:6)
  • καὶ ἐνετείλατο Ἱερεμίασ τῷ Βαροὺχ λέγων. ἐγὼ φυλάσσομαι, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι εἰσελθεῖν εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 43:5)
  • πειράσομαι δ’ ὑμῖν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ, ὡσ ἂν δύνωμαι, διὰ βραχυτάτων εἰπεῖν περὶ τοῦ πράγματοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 10 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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