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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

  • τότε κατέβη κατάλειμμα τοῖσ ἰσχυροῖσ, λαὸσ Κυρίου κατέβη αὐτῷ ἐν τοῖσ κραταιοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:13)
  • Ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖσ καλοῖσ τε καὶ ἰσχυροῖσ λέγε, Μεγίλλῳ τε τῷ Κορινθίῳ καὶ Δαμοξένῳ τῷ παλαιστῇ, ὅτι παῤ ἡμῖν οὔτε ἡ ξανθὴ κόμη οὔτε τὰ χαροπὰ ἢ μέλανα ὄμματα ἢ ἐρύθημα ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου ἔτι ἔστιν ἢ νεῦρα εὔτονα ἢ ὦμοι καρτεροί, ἀλλὰ πάντα μία ἡμῖν κόνισ, φασί, κρανία γυμνὰ τοῦ κάλλουσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 8:5)
  • οὓσ ἠλευθέρωσαν ἀπὸ τῶν Μήδων, οὐκ ἦν προσήκοντα εἰρῆσθαι, ὅτι τὰ δίκαια τοῖσ ἴσοισ ἐστὶ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, τὰ δὲ βίαια τοῖσ ἰσχυροῖσ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀσθενεῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 39 1:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι ἐπικρύπτουσι τοῖσ ἰσχυροῖσ τὰ ἀσθενῆ, καὶ γίνεται αὐτοῖσ οὐδὲν τῆσ δυνάμεωσ ἄχρηστον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1217)
  • "ἡ τῶν γεννωμένων ῥίζωσισ ἰσχυρὰν ἐν ἰσχυροῖσ σώμασιν ἀρχὴν λαβοῦσα καλῶσ βλαστάνῃ, αὐταὶ τε μετὰ ῥώμησ τοὺσ τόκουσ ὑπομένουσαι ῥᾳδίωσ τε ἅμα καὶ καλῶσ ἀγωνίζωνται πρὸσ τὰσ ὠδῖνασ, καὶ, εἴ τισ ἀνάγκη γένοιτο, δύνωνται ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν καὶ τέκνων καὶ τῆσ πατρίδοσ μάχεσθαι. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 121)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. mighty

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