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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

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δύναμαι δύνασαι δύναται
Dual δύνασθον δύνασθον
Plural δυνάμεθα δύνασθε δύνανται
SubjunctiveSingular δυνῶμαι δυνῇ δυνῆται
Dual δυνῆσθον δυνῆσθον
Plural δυνώμεθα δυνῆσθε δυνῶνται
OptativeSingular δυναίμην δυναῖο δυναῖτο
Dual δυναῖσθον δυναίσθην
Plural δυναίμεθα δυναῖσθε δυναῖντο
ImperativeSingular δύνασο δυνάσθω
Dual δύνασθον δυνάσθων
Plural δύνασθε δυνάσθων
Infinitive δύνασθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δυναμενος δυναμενου δυναμενη δυναμενης δυναμενον δυναμενου

Future tense

Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δυνήσομαι δυνήσει, δυνήσῃ δυνήσεται
Dual δυνήσεσθον δυνήσεσθον
Plural δυνησόμεθα δυνήσεσθε δυνήσονται
OptativeSingular δυνησοίμην δυνήσοιο δυνήσοιτο
Dual δυνήσοισθον δυνησοίσθην
Plural δυνησοίμεθα δυνήσοισθε δυνήσοιντο
Infinitive δυνήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δυνησομενος δυνησομενου δυνησομενη δυνησομενης δυνησομενον δυνησομενου

Imperfect tense

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐδυνάμην ἐδυνῶ, ἐδύνασο ἐδύνατο
Dual ἐδύνασθον ἐδυνάσθην
Plural ἐδυνάμεθα ἐδύνασθε ἐδύναντο

Aorist tense

Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐδυνησάμην ἐδυνήσω ἐδυνήσατο
Dual ἐδυνήσασθον ἐδυνησάσθην
Plural ἐδυνησάμεθα ἐδυνήσασθε ἐδυνήσαντο
SubjunctiveSingular δυνήσωμαι δυνήσῃ δυνήσηται
Dual δυνήσησθον δυνήσησθον
Plural δυνησώμεθα δυνήσησθε δυνήσωνται
OptativeSingular δυνησίμην δυνήσιο δυνήσιτο
Dual δυνήσισθον δυνησίσθην
Plural δυνησίμεθα δυνήσισθε δυνήσιντο
ImperativeSingular δύνησαι δυνησάσθω
Dual δυνήσασθον δυνησάσθων
Plural δυνήσασθε δυνησάσθων
Infinitive δυνήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δυνησαμενος δυνησαμενου δυνησαμενη δυνησαμενης δυνησαμενον δυνησαμενου

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

  • κρανίον ἐλάφου γυμνὸν τῶν σαρκῶν, καὶ τὰ μὲν κέρατα πήχεισ ὥσπερ ἦσαν, ζυγώσασ δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ ἐνάψασ τὰ νεῦρα, οὐδὲ κόλλοπι περιστρέψασ, ἐμελῴδει ἄμουσόν τι καὶ ἀπῳδόν, ἄλλο μὲν αὐτὸσ βοῶν, ἄλλο δὲ ἡ λύρα ὑπήχει, ὥστε οὐδὲ κατέχειν τὸν γέλωτα ἐδυνάμεθα ἐπὶ τῷ ἐρωτικῷ ἐκείνῳ ᾅσματι· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 45)
  • οὐ θαυμαστὸν δ’ εἰ τότε τὰσ μορίασ ἐξέκοπτον, ἐν ᾧ οὐδὲ τὰ ἡμέτερ’ αὐτῶν φυλάττειν ἐδυνάμεθα. (Lysias, Speeches, 9:2)
  • κακῶσ μὲν γὰρ ποιεῖν οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἐδυνάμεθα τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, ἀνεχωροῦμεν δὲ παγχαλέπωσ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 3 15:2)
  • καὶ νῦν δύο καλώ τε καὶ ἀγαθὼ ἄνδρε τέθνατον καὶ οὔτε ἀνελέσθαι οὔτε θάψαι ἐδυνάμεθα. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 1 22:2)
  • τοὺσ δὲ πολεμίουσ αὐτῶν ἐφ’ οὓσ αὐτοὶ ἡγοῖντο κακῶσ ἐποιοῦμεν ὅσον ἐδυνάμεθα. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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