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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

Examples

  • ποῦ γὰρ ἔτι τὰ ἡμέτερα ἰσχύσει, δυνατωτέρου γένουσ παρῳκισμένου; (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 9 7:18)
  • ἑνὸσ δὲ ἀνδρὸσ πολὺ δυνατωτέρου ἢ ἐγὼ υἱόν, καὶ ἐκείνου ἑταῖρον ὄντα ὥσπερ τὸν ἐμόν, συμπίνοντα παρ’ ἑαυτῷ συλλαβὼν ἐξέτεμεν, ὡσ μέν τινεσ ἔφασαν, ὅτι ἡ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπῄνεσεν αὐτὸν ὡσ καλὸσ εἰή καὶ ἐμακάρισε τὴν μέλλουσαν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα ἔσεσθαι· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 34:3)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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