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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

  • αὕτη ἡ ἐπίσκεψισ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ κατ’ οἴκουσ πατριῶν αὐτῶν. πᾶσα ἡ ἐπίσκεψισ τῶν παρεμβολῶν σὺν ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν αὐτῶν, ἑξακόσιαι χιλιάδεσ καὶ τρισχίλιοι πεντακόσιοι πεντήκοντα. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 2:32)
  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ πότον πᾶσι τοῖσ φίλοισ αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν ἐπὶ ἡμέρασ ἑπτὰ καὶ ὕψωσε τοὺσ γάμουσ Ἐσθὴρ καὶ ἄφεσιν ἐποίησε τοῖσ ὑπὸ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:18)
  • καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τοῖσ ἀνδράσι τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν, αἵ ἦσαν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ πόλει Δαυίδ, ὅτι κατέβησαν ἄνδρεσ, οἵτινεσ διασκέδασαν τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ βασιλέωσ εἰσ τοὺσ κρύφουσ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 2:31)
  • καὶ ἤνοιξε τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν ὀψώνια ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν αὐτοῦ εἰσ ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ ἐνετείλατο εἶναι αὐτοὺσ ἑτοίμουσ εἰσ πᾶσαν χρείαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 3:28)
  • καὶ ἐπεδέξατο αὐτὸν ἐνδόξωσ καὶ συνέστησεν αὐτὸν πᾶσι τοῖσ φίλοισ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ δόματα καὶ ἐπέταξε ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν αὐτοῦ ὑπακούειν αὐτῷ ὡσ ἑαυτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:43)

Synonyms

  1. power

  2. ability

  3. power

  4. force of war

  5. worth

  6. square root

  7. power

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