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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

  • πῶσ ἐδύνω, δολομῆτα, δύω βόε δειροτομῆσαι, ὧδε νεογνὸσ ἐὼν καὶ νήπιοσ; (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 44:1)
  • οὐκοῦν ὕστερον, ὡσ αὐτὸσ σὺ ὁμολογεῖσ, οὐδὲν ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ ἀδικούμενοσ ἀποστὰσ εἰσ Μυσοὺσ κακῶσ ἐποίεισ τὴν ἐμὴν χώραν ὅ τι ἐδύνω; (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 6 8:3)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἐκήδου, ἧκεσ ἂν φέρων πλήρη τὸν μισθὸν καὶ προσδανεισάμενοσ, εἰ μὴ ἄλλωσ ἐδύνω, καὶ ἀποδόμενοσ τὰ σαυτοῦ ἱμάτια. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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