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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

  • Παράδοξον, εἰ γέρων τε καὶ ἀσθενὴσ ἄτεκνόσ τε προσέτι ἥδεσθαι τοῖσ ἐν τῷ βίῳ ἐδύνασο. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:3)
  • θεοῦ μὲν γὰρ οὔτε ἦσ ἔτι χῶροσ οὔτε μένειν ἐδύνασο, τάφοσ οἰκείων γενομένη σωμάτων καὶ πολέμου τὸν ναὸν ἐμφυλίου ποιήσασα πολυάνδριον· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 23:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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