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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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἅπαντεσ ὅμοιά σοι λέγειν δυναίμεθα. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 26:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἴσωσ τέθνηκασ, ἡμεῖσ δ’ οὐδὲν ἂν δυναίμεθα. (Euripides, Ion, episode, trochees 1:40)
  • καὶ δὴ ἐδόκει ἡμῖν ἀναθεμένουσ τὴν ναῦν ἐπὶ τὴν κόμην τῶν δένδρων ‐ πυκνὴ δὲ ἦν ‐ ὑπερβιβάσαι, εἰ δυναίμεθα, εἰσ τὴν θάλατταν τὴν ἑτέραν· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 42:7)
  • "δυναίμεθα ζῆν ἐνταῦθα, πατρίδα καταλιπόντεσ καὶ νόμουσ καὶ τούτουσ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ, ὑπὲρ ὧν τοσαύτην ἤλθομεν ὁδὸν ἀποθανούμενοι; (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 63 1:1)
  • λέγω δ’ οἱο͂ν πῶσ ἂν δυναίμεθα συμβουλεύειν Ἀθηναίοισ εἰ πολεμητέον ἢ μὴ πολεμητέον, μὴ ἔχοντεσ τίσ ἡ δύναμισ αὐτῶν, πότερον ναυτικὴ ἢ πεζικὴ ἢ ἄμφω, καὶ αὕτη πόση, καὶ πρόσοδοι τίνεσ ἢ φίλοι καὶ ἐχθροί, εἶτα τίνασ πολέμουσ πεπολεμήκασι καὶ πῶσ, καὶ τἆλλα τὰ τοιαῦτα· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 22 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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