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δύναμις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 수학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύναμις δυνάμεως

Structure: δυναμι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from du/namai

Sense

  1. power, might, strength
  2. ability, skill
  3. power, authority, influence
  4. force of war
  5. manifestation of divine power: miracle
  6. faculty, capacity
  7. worth, value
  8. The force of a word: meaning
  9. (mathematics) square root
  10. (mathematics) power

Declension

Third declension

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

  • καὶ φυλάξετε τὴν ἐντολὴν ταύτην. ἐν γὰρ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐξάξω τὴν δύναμιν ὑμῶν ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ποιήσετε τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην εἰσ γενεὰσ ὑμῶν νόμιμον αἰώνιον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:17)
  • καὶ ἐπαναστραφὲν τὸ ὕδωρ ἐκάλυψε τὰ ἅρματα καὶ τοὺσ ἀναβάτασ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν Φαραώ, τοὺσ εἰσπορευομένουσ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ οὐ κατελήφθη ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐδὲ εἷσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 14:28)
  • ἅρματα Φαραὼ καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ ἔρριψεν εἰσ θάλασσαν, ἐπιλέκτουσ ἀναβάτασ τριστάτασ κατεπόντισεν ἐν ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:4)
  • οὗτοσ ὁ νόμοσ τοῦ εὐξαμένου, ὃσ ἂν εὔξηται Κυρίῳ δῶρον αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ περὶ τῆσ εὐχῆσ, χωρὶσ ὧν ἂν εὕρῃ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ, κατὰ δύναμιν τῆσ εὐχῆσ αὐτοῦ, ἣν ἂν εὔξηται κατὰ νόμον ἁγνείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 6:21)
  • καὶ ἐπρονόμευσαν τὰσ γυναῖκασ Μαδιὰν καὶ τὴν ἀποσκευὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔγκτητα αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν ἐπρονόμευσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 31:9)

Synonyms

  1. power

  2. ability

  3. power

  4. force of war

  5. worth

  6. square root

  7. power

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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