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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

  • μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ποῖαι τῶν προσόδων ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὐκ εἰσί, δυναταὶ δ’ εἰσὶ γενέσθαι, ἢ μικραὶ νῦν οὖσαι μείζουσ οἱαῖ́ τινεσ κατασκευασθῆναι, ἢ τῶν ἀναλωμάτων τῶν νῦν ἀναλουμένων, τίνα τε καὶ πόσα περιαιρεθέντα <τὰ> ὅλα μηθὲν βλάψει. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 16:1)
  • πῶσ οὖν ὑμεῖσ δυναταὶ παῦσαι τεταραγμένα πράγματα πολλὰ ἐν ταῖσ χώραισ καὶ διαλῦσαι; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, antepirrheme11)
  • καὶ ποιήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡσ τὴν ἄμμον τῆσ γῆσ. εἰ δύναταί τισ ἐξαριθμῆσαι τὴν ἄμμον τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐξαριθμηθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:16)
  • εἶδε δέ, ὅτι οὐ δύναται πρὸσ αὐτόν, καὶ ἥψατο τοῦ πλάτουσ τοῦ μηροῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνάρκησε τὸ πλάτοσ τοῦ μηροῦ Ἰακὼβ ἐν τῷ παλαίειν αὐτὸν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:25)
  • ὡσ δὲ εἶδεν Ἄλκιμοσ ὅτι ἐνίσχυσεν Ἰούδασ καὶ οἱ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔγνω ὅτι οὐ δύναται ὑποστῆναι αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα καὶ κατηγόρησεν αὐτῶν πονηρά. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 7:25)
  • ἐπεὶ ἐπάταξε πέτραν καὶ ἐρρύησαν ὕδατα καὶ χείμαρροι κατεκλύσθησαν, μὴ καὶ ἄρτον δύναται δοῦναι ἢ ἑτοιμάσαι τράπεζαν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 77:20)
  • οὐ δύναται γὰρ παύσασθαί μου ἡ ὀργή. βρόμον γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ σῖτά μου ὥσπερ ὀσμὴν λέοντοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:7)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. to be able to do

  3. able to produce

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