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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

  • δυνάσθω. (Lucian, 72:1)
  • νῦν μὲν γὰρ ἔγωγε ἀγαπῶ ἤν γ’ ἐξ ἴσου τῳ θεῖν ὁρμηθεὶσ ἀνθρώπων μόνον τῇ κεφαλῇ πρόσχω, κἂν θηρίον παραθέον ἰδὼν δυνασθῶ διατεινάμενοσ φθάσαι ὥστε ἀκοντίσαι ἢ τοξεῦσαι πρὶν πάνυ πρόσω αὐτὸ γενέσθαι. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 20:1)
  • ἀλλ’, ὠγαθέ, ἔστω μὲν ἄδικοσ, δυνάσθω δὲ ἀδικεῖν ἢ τῷ λανθάνειν ἢ τῷ διαμάχεσθαι, ὅμωσ ἐμέ γε οὐ πείθει ὡσ ἔστι τῆσ δικαιοσύνησ κερδαλεώτερον. (Plato, Republic, book 1 390:1)
  • Ἔστωσαν τέσσαρεσ εὐθεῖαι ἀνάλογον αἱ Α, Β, Γ, Δ, ὡσ ἡ Α πρὸσ τὴν Β, οὕτωσ ἡ Γ πρὸσ τὴν Δ, καὶ ἡ Α μὲν τῆσ Β μεῖζον δυνάσθω τῷ ἀπὸ τῆσ Ε, ἡ δὲ Γ τῆσ Δ μεῖζον δυνάσθω τῷ ἀπὸ τῆσ Ζ· (Euclid, Elements, book 10, type Prop 1274)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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