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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

  • ποῦ ἡμεῖσ ἀναβαίνομεν̣ οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ ὑμῶν ἀπέστησαν τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν λέγοντεσ. ἔθνοσ μέγα καὶ πολὺ καὶ δυνατώτερον ἡμῶν καὶ πόλεισ μεγάλαι καὶ τετειχισμέναι ἕωσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ υἱοὺσ γιγάντων ἑωράκαμεν ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 1:28)
  • ἀκούω γοῦν ἁπάντων λεγόντων, μηδὲν εἶναι Τύχησ καὶ Εἱμαρμένησ δυνατώτερον. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 3:3)
  • οὐ πονέει μὲν γὰρ θρὶξ, οὐδ’ ἂν τέμνῃ τισ ἢ θλίβῃ· ἢν δὲ ἐξ ἑωυτέων πονῇ, οὐδὲ ἕτερον ἀλγέει τοῦδε δυνατώτερον, οὐ σιδηρὰ σφίγγοντα, οὐ δεσμὰ, οὐ τιτρῶσκον ξίφοσ, οὐ καῖον πῦρ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 305)
  • ἔστω δὲ λεπτὰ σησθέντα κρησέρῃ · μέγα δὲ ἐσ δύναμιν τῶν παρέντων καὶ τὸ καστόριον· καὶ ἄλειμμα, ξύν τινι λίπαϊ τῶν εἰρημένων, πολλὸν δὲ δυνατώτερον καὶ πιπίσκειν ξὺν μελικρή τῳ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 176)
  • ἁπάντων γὰρ τῶν καταποτῶν δυνατώτερον, ὁκόσα πέφυκε ἀλεαίνειν τε καὶ ὑγραίνειν, καὶ ἀνιέναι τῆσ τάσιοσ, καὶ μαλθάσσειν νεῦρα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 263)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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