δυνατός
dynatos
strong, mighty
Appears 431 times across Aristotle's works.
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Metaphysics 89 ▸
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Book Β 4 ▸
Chapter 6 1002b12–1003a17
Book Δ 14 ▸
Chapter 10 1018a20–1018b8
Chapter 11 1018b9–1019a14
Chapter 12 1019a15–1020a6
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Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23
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Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35
Chapter 2 1046a36–1046b28
Chapter 5 1047b31–1048a24
Chapter 6 1048a25–1048b36
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Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16
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Chapter 8 1073a14–1074b14
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Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16
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Chapter 2 1088b14–1090a15
Chapter 3 1090a16–1091a22
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On the Heavens 48 ▸
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Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
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Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12
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De Anima 6 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 5 ▸
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Progression of Animals 4 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 4 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 4 ▸
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Oeconomica 4 ▸
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Generation of Animals 3 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 3 ▸
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δυνατός, ή, όν, also ός, όν Pi. N. 2.14, Apollon. Cit.2:—A. strong, mighty, in body or mind, ὅ τι ἦν αὐτῶν δυνατώτατον the ablest-bodied men, Hdt. 9.31; sound in limb, opp. ἀδύνατος, Lys. 24.12; σῶμα δ. πρός τι X. Oec. 7.23; χερσὶ καὶ ψυχᾷ δ. Pi. N. 9.39; τοῖς σώμασι καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς X. Mem. 2.1.19; εἴς τι Pl. Hp.Mi. 366a; κατά τι ib.366d (Sup.): c. acc., ibid. (Sup.); of ships, fit for service, Th. 7.60; of things, δυνατώτερον ἀδικία δικαιοσύνης Pl. R. 351a; λόγος a powerful argument, Epicur. Ep. 1p.31U.; δ. προτείχισμα Plb. 10.31.8. 2. c. inf., able to do, Hdt. 1.97, etc.; δ. λῦσαι mighty to loose, Pi. O. 10(11).9; λέγειν τε καὶ πράσσειν-ώτατος Th. 1.139, Pl. Prt. 319a; -ώτατοι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν καὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν λῃτουργεῖν Decr. ap. Arist. Ath. 29.5; ἐᾶν τοὺς δ. ἄρχειν X. Ath. 1.3; ὅσονπερ δ. εἰμι, with inf. omitted, E. Or. 523. 3. of outward power, powerful, influential, S. El. 219; τῶν Ἑλλήνων δυνατώτατοι Hdt. 1.53; οἱ δ. the chief men of rank and influence, Th. 2.65; χρήμασι δ. Id. 1.13, etc., cf.OGI 669.13 (i A. D.). 4. able to produce, productive, χώρα -ωτέρα εἰς τὴν καρπῶν ἔκφυσιν Gp. 2.21.5. 5. potential, Arist. Metaph. 1048a27. II. Pass., of things, possible, οὐ δύνατον γένεσθαι Sapph. Supp. 5.21, cf. Hdt. 9.111, A. Ag. 97 (lyr.), etc.; ὁδὸς δυνατὴ καὶ τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις πορεύεσθαι practicable, X. An. 4.1.24; λόγου δ. κατανοῆσαι Pl. Phd. 90c; βίον τοῖς πλείστοις κοινωνῆσαι δ. Arist. Pol. 1295a30; κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, quantum fieri possit, Pl. Cra. 422d, D. 3.6, etc.; ἐς τὸ δ. Hdt. 3.24; εἰς ὅσον ἀνθρώπῳ δ. μάλιστα Pl. Phdr. 277a; ἐκ τῶν δυνατῶν X. An. 4.2.23; ἐπὶ τὸ δ. Id. Cyn. 5.8; ἐν δυνατῷ εἶναι BCH 29.172 (Delos, ii B. C.); also ὅσον δυνατόν E. IA 997; ὅσον καθʼ ἡμᾶς δ. Id. Ba. 183; esp. with Sup., ὡς δ. πλεῖστον Isoc. 12.278; ὡς δ. κακίστους X. Mem. 4.5.5; γνώμη ὡς δ. δικαιοτάτη D. 24.13; τὰ δ. things which are practicable, Th. 5.89, cf. Arist. Rh. 1359b1. III. Adv.-τῶς strongly, powerfully, εἰπεῖν δ. Aeschin. 2.48: Sup. -ώτατα most ably, Pl. R. 516d. 2. δ. ἔχει it is possible, Hdt. 7.11.
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