Plato › Greek Lexicon › ἀδύνατος

ἀδύνατος

adynatos

unable

Appears 291 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀδύνατος, ον, I. of persons, unable to do a thing, c. inf., Hdt. 3.138, Epich. 272, E. HF 56, etc.; ἀ. εἰπεῖν Arist. Rh. 1379a2; ἀ. ὥστε . . Onos. 1.13: Comp., τὸν δυνατώτερον τοῦ -ωτέρου [πλέον ἔχειν] Pl. Grg. 483d: Sup. -ώτατος, λέγειν Eup. 95. 2. abs., without strength, powerless, weakly, Hdt. 5.9, E. Ion 596, Andr. 746; οἱ ἀ. men disabled for service, whether as invalids or paupers, Lys. 24 tit., Arist. Ath. 49.4; ἐν τοῖς ἀ. μισθοφορεῖν Aeschin. 1.103; ἀ. σώματι Lys. 2.73; ἀ. χρήμασι poor, Th. 7.28; εἴς τι Pl. Hp.Mi. 366b; οἱ -ώτατοι persons of no importance, Phld. Herc. 1457.8; of ships, disabled, Hdt. 6.16; τὸ ἀ. want of strength, Pl. Hp.Ma. 296a; τὰ ἀ. disabilities, D. 18.108. II. of things, impossible, E. Or. 665, Hel. 1043; ἐλπίδες unrealizable, Democr. 58; τὸ ἀ. Arist. Cael. 280b12; ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀ. ἀπαγωγή reductio ad impossibile, APr. 29b5; ὁ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. συλλογισμός, ἡ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. δεῖξις, ib.34b30, 45a35; ἀδύνατα βούλομαι Lync. 1.12:—ἀδύνατόν [ἐστι] c. inf., Hdt. 1.32, al.; ἀδύνατά [ἐστι] Pi. P. 2.81, Hdt. 1.91, 6.106, Th. 1.59; ἀ. ὑμῖν ὥστε . . Pl. Prt. 338c; ὑμέας καταλελάβηκε ἀ. τι βοηθέειν Hdt. 9.60; τὰ ἀ. καρτερεῖν E. IA 1370; τολμᾶν ἀδύνατα Id. Hel. 811; ἀδυνάτων ἐρᾶν Id. HF 318, cf. Luc. DDeor. 8, etc.; prov., ἀδύνατα θηρᾷς Macar. 1.26: Comp. -ώτερον, ἔτι . . εἰ οἷόν τε . . Pl. Tht. 192b, cf. Prm. 138d: Sup., ὃ δὴ πάντων -ώτατον Id. Phlb. 15b. III. Adv. -τως without power or skill, feebly, ἀμύνεσθαι Antipho 4.3.3, cf. 3.3.4 (Comp.), Lys. 12.3:—ἀ. ἔχειν to be unwell, Pl. Ax. 364b; to be unable, c. inf., Arist. Rh.Al. 1435a16; ἀ. ἔχει it is impossible, Epicur. Ep. 2p.49U.; ἀ. λέγεται it is an impossible story, Phld. Rh. 2.122 S.—Rare in poetry: Trag. only in E.
‹ All lexicon entries