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ἰσχυρός

ischyros

strong

Appears 95 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἰσχυρός, ά, όν, (ἰσχύς) A. strong, esp. of personal strength, S. Ph. 945, E. Fr. 290, etc.; of things, ἰ. βέλος Alc. 15.4; ῥεύματα Hdt. 8.12; ἰ. χθών hard, A. Pers. 310; of food, indigestible, Hp. Art. 50; of taste, strong, Thphr. HP 7.6.1; of armies, ἰσχυροτέρα φάλαγξ X. Cyr. 7.1.30; of places, Th. 4.9, X. An. 4.6.11, etc.; τῆς χώρης τὸ -ότατον Hdt. 1.76; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἰ., opp. τὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἰ., X. Eq.Mag. 8.24; τὰ ἰσχυρότατα your strongest points, Th. 5.111; τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἰ. that in which the strength of the state lies, Aeschin. 3.66; ὁρῶντες οὐδὲν ἰ. ἀπὸ τῶν Λεσβίων no show of strength, Th. 3.6; ἰ. τι πρὸς τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ἔχειν a strong point, Men. Epit. 130; -ότατον τεκμήριον SIG 685.84 (Crete, ii B.C.). 2. powerful, ἄλοχος Διός A. Supp. 302; πόλις E. Supp. 447; θεός Ar. Pl. 946; ἰ. τὸ πολλόν Hdt. 1.136; οἱ ἰ. ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν X. Ath. 1.14: Comp. -ότερος, ἐς πειθώ Democr. 51; ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος -ότερός μου ἐστίν Ev.Matt. 3.11. 3. forcible, violent, severe, σιτοδείη, ψύχη, Hdt. 1.94,4.29; λιμός Ev.Luc. 15.14; ἀναγκαίη Hdt. 1.74; αἱ λίαν ἰ. τιμωρίαι violent, excessive, Id. 4.205; ὅρκος -ότατος, ἀνάγκαι -όταται, Antipho 5.11, 6.25; νόσημα Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 4; βήξ Th. 2.49; γέλως, ἐπιθυμίαι, etc., Pl. R. 388e, 560b, etc.; νόμος ἰ. severe, Hdt. 7.102, Lys. 15.9; ἔχθρα Pl. Phdr. 233c; γνώμη -οτέρη more positive, Hdt. 9.41; τρόπῳ ᾧ ἂν δύνωνται -οτάτῳ Foed. ap. Th. 5.23; κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρόν by main force, opp. δόλῳ, Hdt. 4.201, cf.9.2. 4. of literary style, vigorous, D.H. Comp. 22; also of syllables, strong, ib.16; στάσεις λαμβάνειν ἰ. ib.22. II. Adv. -ρῶς strongly, with all force, ἐγκεῖσθαι Th. 1.69, etc.; φυλάττειν τινάς X. An. 6.3.11. 2. very much, exceedingly, with Adjs., Hdt. 4.108; ἔθνος μέγα ἰ. ib.183; διώρυγες ἰ. βαθεῖαι X. An.[1.7.15], etc.; ἰ. χλωρόν Hp. Prog. 11; κίνησις νωθὴς ἰ. Arist. HA 503b9; ἰ. φιλοπλάτων Phld.Ind Sto.61: with Verbs, ἰ. ἥδεσθαι, ἀνιᾶσθαι, X. Cyr. 8.3.44; ἀπήγγειλεν ὅτι πάντα δοκοίη ἰ. τῷ εὐνούχῳ ib.5.3.15: Comp. -οτέρως Heraclit. 114, Hdt. 3.129; -ότερον X. Cyr. 4.5.12, etc.: Sup., in answers, ἰσχυρότατά γε most certainly, Id. Oec. 1.15.
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