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δύναμαι

-μι athematic Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύναμαι δυνήσομαι ἐδυνησάμην δεδύνημαι

Structure: δύνα (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Etym.: decl. in pres. and imperf. like i(/stamai

Sense

  1. (with infinitive) to be able, capable, strong enough to do
  2. (of moral possibility) to be able, to dare, to bear to do
  3. (with ὡς ‎(hōs) and a superlative) as much as one can

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

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 εἶπε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆσ. μὴ βαρέωσ φέρε, κύριε. οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστῆναι ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι τὰ κατ̓ ἐθισμὸν τῶν γυναικῶν μοι ἐστίν. ἠρεύνησε δὲ Λάβαν ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ οὐχ εὗρε τὰ εἴδωλα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:35)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. εἰ δύναμαι πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ ἐν Ράγοισ τῆσ Μηδίασ, καὶ εἰ ἔμπειροσ εἶ τῶν τόπων̣ (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 5:5)
  • ἐάν τε γὰρ ἀσεβήσω, οἴμοι. ἐὰν δὲ ὦ δίκαιοσ, οὐ δύναμαι ἀνακύψαι, πλήρησ γὰρ ἀτιμίασ εἰμί. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 10:15)
  • καὶ ἔσονται ὑμῖν τὰ ρήματα πάντα ταῦτα ὡσ οἱ λόγοι τοῦ βιβλίου τοῦ ἐσφραγισμένου τούτου, ὃ ἐὰν δῶσιν αὐτὸ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐπισταμένῳ γράμματα λέγοντεσ. ἀνάγνωθι ταῦτα. καὶ ἐρεῖ. οὐ δύναμαι ἀναγνῶναι, ἐσφράγισται γάρ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 29:11)
  • καὶ εἶπα. οὐ μὴ ὀνομάσω τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου καὶ οὐ μὴ λαλήσω ἔτι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσ πῦρ καιόμενον φλέγον ἐν τοῖσ ὀστέοισ μου, καὶ παρεῖμαι πάντοθεν καὶ οὐ δύναμαι φέρειν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 20:9)

Synonyms

  1. to be able

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