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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

  • γεγονὼσ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, Δημέου πατρόσ, ὡσ καὶ ὑμῶν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι γινώσκουσι, τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον οὕτωσ ἔζων ὡσ ἐδυνάμην, οὔτε κοινῇ τὸν δῆμον ἀδικῶν οὔτ’ ἰδίᾳ λυπῶν οὐδένα τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει, πειρώμενοσ δ’ ἀεὶ τοῖσ ἰδίοισ πόνοισ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τοῦ βίου διορθοῦσθαι. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 7:2)
  • πάντα γὰρ ἐμὰ ἦν ἂν τὰ τῶν ἄλλων, ἐσ ὅσον ἀνοίγειν τε τὰσ θύρασ ἐδυνάμην καὶ κοιμίζειν τοὺσ φύλακασ καὶ ἀθέατοσ εἶναι εἰσιών. (Lucian, 74:3)
  • ὅτε δὴ δ’ ἐκεῖνο ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν, ὁ δ’ ἤδη τὴν θύραν ἐπεῖχε κρούων ὁ κοπρεαῖοσ, λαμβάνω τουτὶ τὸ τῆσ γυναικὸσ ἡμιδιπλοίδιον, καὶ τὰσ ἐκείνησ Περσικὰσ ὑφέλκομαι. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode5)
  • οὔκουν λαβεῖν γ’ αὐτὰσ ἐδυνάμην οὐδαμοῦ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode28)
  • κἀγὼ καθεύδειν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην, ἀλλά με ἀθάρησ χύτρα τισ ἐξέπληττε κειμένη ὀλίγον ἄπωθεν τῆσ κεφαλῆσ του γρᾳδίου, ἐφ’ ἣν ἐπεθύμουν δαιμονίωσ ἐφερπύσαι. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:13)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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