Aristotle Greek Lexicon δυναστεύω

δυναστεύω

dynasteuo

hold power

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δυναστεύω, A. hold power or lordship, be powerful or influential, Hdt. 9.2, Isoc. 12.82, OGI 56.12, etc.; τὸ -εῦον, opp. δῆμος, Th. 6.89; ἡ πόλις τῶν λοιπέων ἐδυνάστευε μέγιστον Hdt. 5.97: c. gen., to be lord over, Οἰχαλίας D.S. 4.31: metaph., αἱ ἄλογοι ἡδοναὶ δ. ψυχῆς Ph. 1.19: c. dat., Ath. 14.624d: generally, prevail, be prevalent, of a wind, of climate, Hp. Aph. 3.5, Aër. 12; to be influential, potent, ἐν τῷ σώματι Id. VM 16, cf. Herophil. ap. Gal. 12.619:—Pass., to be ruled, πρὸς μυρίων Ph. 2.503. II. Math., in Pass., to be concerned with powers of numbers, Pl. R. 546b.

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