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δυνατός

dynatos

strong, mighty

Appears 436 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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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