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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

  • αὐτοὶ δὲ τηροῦσι κύκλῳ περὶ αὐτὸν καὶ οὐ δύνανται ἕκαστοσ ἀπελθεῖν καὶ ποιεῖν τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ παρακούουσιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:11)
  • καὶ αὗται ποιοῦσι τὰσ στολὰσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ αὗται ποιοῦσι δόξαν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ, καὶ οὐ δύνανται οἱ ἄνθρωποι χωρὶσ τῶν γυναικῶν εἶναι. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:17)
  • γλῶσσα γὰρ αὐτῶν ἐστι κετεξυσμένη ὑπὸ τέκτονοσ, αὐτά τε περίχρυσα καὶ περιάργυρα, ψευδῆ δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ οὐ δύνανται λαλεῖν. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:8)
  • λύχνουσ καίουσι καὶ πλείουσ ἢ ἑαυτοῖσ, ὧν οὐδένα δύνανται ἰδεῖν. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:19)
  • οὔτε ἐὰν κακὸν πάθωσιν ὑπό τινοσ οὔτε ἐὰν ἀγαθόν, δυνήσονται ἀνταποδοῦναι. οὔτε καταστῆσαι βασιλέα δύνανται οὔτε ἀφελέσθαι. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:34)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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