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ἰσχυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσχυρός ἰσχυρά̄ ἰσχυρόν

Structure: ἰσχυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)sxu/s

Sense

  1. strong, mighty
  2. mighty, powerful
  3. forcible, obstinate, stiff, stubborn, inveterate, excessive

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἰσχυρός ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρόν
Genitive ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρᾶς ἰσχυροῦ
Dative ἰσχυρῷ ἰσχυρᾷ ἰσχυρῷ
Accusative ἰσχυρόν ἰσχυρᾱ́ν ἰσχυρόν
Vocative ἰσχυρέ ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρόν
DualN/A/V ἰσχυρώ ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρώ
G/D ἰσχυροῖν ἰσχυραῖν ἰσχυροῖν
PluralNominative ἰσχυροί ἰσχυραί ἰσχυρά
Genitive ἰσχυρῶν ἰσχυρῶν ἰσχυρῶν
Dative ἰσχυροῖς ἰσχυραῖς ἰσχυροῖς
Accusative ἰσχυρούς ἰσχυρᾱ́ς ἰσχυρά
Vocative ἰσχυροί ἰσχυραί ἰσχυρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἰσχυρός ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρώτερος ἰσχυρωτεροῦ ἰσχυρώτατος ἰσχυρωτατοῦ
Adverb ἰσχυρώς ἰσχυρώτερον ἰσχυρώτατα

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

  • καὶ ἐβόησε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ καὶ στεναγμοῦ καὶ βοῆσ ἰσχυρᾶσ καὶ διέρρηξε τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 14:16)
  • οὗτοσ οἰκήσει ἐν ὑψηλῷ σπηλαίῳ πέτρασ ἰσχυρᾶσ. ἄρτοσ αὐτῷ δοθήσεται, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῦ πιστόν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 33:16)
  • καὶ ὁ Ἄδραστοσ ἐπὶ τὸν σῦν ἀφεὶσ τὴν λόγχην ἐκείνου μὲν ἁμαρτήσεται, φονεύσει δὲ τὸν Κροίσου παῖδα, ὡσ ἂν ἀπ’ ἰσχυρᾶσ ἐμβολῆσ τῶν Μοιρῶν φερομένου τοῦ ἀκοντίου ἐπὶ τὸν νεανίσκον. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 12:6)
  • ὑπὸ γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ φυσήματι τὸ μὲν πῦρ ἀνακαύσειασ ἂν καὶ μεῖζον ἐν βραχεῖ ποιήσειασ παραθήγων τῷ πνεύματι, καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύχνου φῶσ ἀποσβέσειασ οὐκ ἔχον ἀποχρῶσαν τῆσ ὕλησ τὴν χορηγίαν, ὡσ διαρκῆ εἶναι πρὸσ τὸ ἀντιπνέον οὐ γὰρ ἀπ’ ἰσχυρᾶσ, οἶμαι, τῆσ ῥίζησ ἀνεφύετο. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 35:7)
  • ἢν δέ ποτε καὶ ἐφίκηται, ἄκρον μὲν ἐπιλίγδην ἅπτεται, βαθεῖαν δὲ οὐκ ἐργάζεται πληγὴν οὐ γὰρ ἀπ’ ἰσχυρᾶσ ἐμβολῆσ ἀπεστέλλετο. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 36:5)
  • υἱέ, παῤ ἐμοῦ ἔχεισ ρήσεισ ἰσχυρὰσ εἰσ τὴν ζωήν σου καὶ εἰσ τὴν ζωὴν σῶν θεραπόντων. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 27:29)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ μάγου τινὸσ εἶναι λέγοντοσ καὶ ἐπῳδὰσ ἔχειν ἰσχυράσ, ὡσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἅπαντασ ἀναπεισθῆναι παρέχειν αὐτῷ ὁπόσα βούλεται, Μὴ θαύμαζε, ἔφη· (Lucian, (no name) 23:1)
  • ναυσίποροι δέ εἰσιν ὅ τε Ἄκαμψισ καὶ ὁ Ἶσισ, καὶ αὔρασ τὰσ ἑωθινὰσ ἰσχυρὰσ ἐκπέμπουσιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 7 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. mighty

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