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δυνατός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυνατός δυνατή δυνατόν

Structure: δυνατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: du/namai

Sense

  1. strong, mighty
  2. (with infinitive) to be able to do
  3. (of outward power) powerful, influential
  4. able to produce

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative δυνατός δυνατή δυνατόν
Genitive δυνατοῦ δυνατῆς δυνατοῦ
Dative δυνατῷ δυνατῇ δυνατῷ
Accusative δυνατόν δυνατήν δυνατόν
Vocative δυνατέ δυνατή δυνατόν
DualN/A/V δυνατώ δυνατᾱ́ δυνατώ
G/D δυνατοῖν δυναταῖν δυνατοῖν
PluralNominative δυνατοί δυναταί δυνατά
Genitive δυνατῶν δυνατῶν δυνατῶν
Dative δυνατοῖς δυναταῖς δυνατοῖς
Accusative δυνατούς δυνατᾱ́ς δυνατά
Vocative δυνατοί δυναταί δυνατά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δυνατός δυνατοῦ δυνατώτερος δυνατωτεροῦ δυνατώτατος δυνατωτατοῦ
Adverb δυνατώς δυνατώτερον δυνατώτατα

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

  • ἕτεροι δέ φασι πρὸσ ὑπεξαίρεσιν γεγονέναι τοὔνομα τῶν δυνατῶν, ὡσ τοῦ νομοθέτου τὰσ δυνατὰσ ἐπιτελεῖν ἱερουργίασ τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ κελεύοντοσ, ἂν δὲ ᾖ τι κώλυμα μεῖζον, οὐ συκοφαντοῦντοσ. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 9 2:1)
  • γελάσασ δ’ ὁ Ταρκύνιοσ ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ καὶ προενέγκασ ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου ξυρὸν καὶ ἀκόνην λέγει πρὸσ αὐτόν, ἑάλωκασ, ὦ Νέβιε, φενακίζων ἡμᾶσ καὶ καταψευδόμενοσ τοῦ δαιμονίου καταφανῶσ, ὁπότε καὶ τὰσ ἀδυνάτουσ πράξεισ τετόλμηκασ λέγειν δυνατάσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 71 5:1)
  • ἔπειτ’ εἶναι δυνατὰσ τὰσ πράξεισ ἃσ δεῖ γίγνεσθαι διὰ τοῦ νόμου· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 107:3)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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