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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 Κριτίασ δὴ καὶ Ἀλκιβιάδησ, ἑώσ μὲν Σωκράτει συνήστην, ἐδυνάσθην ἐκείνῳ χρωμένω συμμάχῳ τῶν μὴ καλῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν κρατεῖν· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 2 30:1)
  • εἰ μὲν οὖν ἐδυνάσθην ἐγώ, ὅλην ἂν ἔχων τὴν πόλιν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἀπέστην· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 3 4:3)
  • τοῦ ποταμοῦ δὲ φύσιοσ πέρι οὔτε τι τῶν ἱρέων οὔτε ἄλλου οὐδενὸσ παραλαβεῖν ἐδυνάσθην. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 19 2:2)
  • τοῦ ἑτέρου δὲ πέρι Ἡρακλέοσ, τὸν Ἕλληνεσ οἴδασι, οὐδαμῇ Αἰγύπτου ἐδυνάσθην ἀκοῦσαι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 43 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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