δύνᾰμαι [ῠ] , 2 sg. δύνασαι Il. 1.393 , Od. 4.374 , S. Aj. 1164 (anap.), Ar. Nu. 811 (lyr.), Pl. 574 , X. An. 7.7.8 , etc.; δύνῃ Carm.Aur. 19 , also in codd. of S. Ph. 798 , E. Hec. 253 , Andr. 239 ,
δύνᾰμαι [ῠ],2 sg.
A.
δύνασαι
Il. 1.393
, Od. 4.374 , S. Aj. 1164 (anap.), Ar. Nu. 811 (lyr.), Pl. 574 , X. An. 7.7.8 , etc.; δύνῃ
Carm.Aur. 19
, also in codd. of S. Ph. 798 , E. Hec. 253 , Andr. 239 , and later Prose, Plb. 7.11.5 , Ael. VH 13.32 ; Aeol. and Dor.
δύνᾳ
Alc. Oxy. 1788
Fr. 15 ii 16 , Theoc. 10.2 , also S. Ph. 849 (lyr.), dub. in OT 696 (lyr.);δύνῃissubj., Ar. Eq. 491 , cf. Phryn. 337 ; Ion.
3 pl.
δυνέαται
Hdt. 2.142
;subj. δύνωμαι,
Ion.
2 sg.
δύνηαι
Il. 6.229
(δυνεώμεθα -ωνταιas vv.ll. in Hdt. 4.97 , 7.163 ); also δύνᾱμαι
Sapph. Supp. 3.3
, GDI 4952
A 42 (Crete):impf. 2 sg.
ἐδύνω
h.Merc. 405
, X. An. 1.6.7 ; later ἐδύνασο
Hp. Ep. 16
( v.l. ἠδ. ), Luc. DMort. 9.1 ; Ion.
3 pl.
ἐδυνέατο
Hdt. 4.110
, al. (ἠδ-codd.):fut.
δυνήσομαι
Od. 16.238
, etc.; Dor.
δυνᾱσοῦμαι
Archyt. 3
; later δυνηθήσομαι
D.C. 52.37
:aor.
ἐδυνησάμην
Il. 14.33
, Ep.
δυν-
5.621
;subj.
δυνήσωνται
Semon. 1.17
, never in good Att. ,f. l. in
D. 19.323 : Pass. forms, Ep. , Ion. , Lyr.,ἐδυνάσθηνor δυνάσθην
Il. 23.465
, al., Hdt. 2.19 , al., Pi. O. 1.56 , Hp. Art. 48 ( v.l. δυνηθείη ), also in X. Mem. 1.2.24 , An. 7.6.20 ; Trag. and Att. Prose ἐδυνήθην
S. Aj. 1067
, OT 1212 (lyr.), E. Ion 867 (anap.), D. 21.80 , 186 :pf.
δεδύνημαι
D. 4.30
, Din. 2.14 , Phld. Rh. 1.261S. —The double augmentἠδυνάμηνis Att. acc. to Moer. 175 , but Ion. acc. to An.Ox. 2.374 , and is found in codd. of Hdt. 4.110 , al., Hp. Epid. 1.26 .β', al.;ἠδύνωis required by metre in Philippid. 16 ; but is not found in Att. Inscrr. before 300 B.C., IG 22.678.12 , al., cf.ἠδύνασθεib. 7.2711 (Acraeph.,i A.D.); both forms occur in later writers:ἠδυνήθηνoccurs in A. Pr. 208 , and codd. of Th. 4.33 , Lys. 3.42 , etc.:δύνομαιis a late form freq. in Pap. as UPZ 9
(ii B. C.), al. [ῠ, exc. in δῡναμένοιο
Od. 1.276
, 11.414 , Hom. Epigr. 15.1 , and pr. n.Δῡναμένη, metri gr.]
I. to be able, strong enoughto do, c.inf. pres.etaor., Il. 19.163 , 1.562 , etc.:fut. inf.isf.l.(πείσεινforπείθειν) in S. Ph. 1394 , (κωλύσεινforκωλῦσαι) Plb. 21.11.13 , etc.: freq. abs., withinf.supplied from the context,εἰ δύνασαί γεif at least thoucanst(sc.περισχέσθαι), Il. 1.393 : also c. acc. Pron. orAdj., ὅσσον δύναμαι χερσίν τε ποσίν τε
20.360
; [ Ζεὺς] δύναται ἅπαντα
Od. 4.237
;μέγα δυνάμενοςverypowerful, mighty, 1.276 , cf. 11.414 ; δ. μέγιστον ξείνων
Hdt. 9.9
, etc.;μέγα δύναται,multum valet, A. Eu. 950 (lyr.); δ. Διὸς ἄγχιστα
Id. Supp. 1035
;οἱ δυνάμενοι men of power, rank, and influence, E. Or. 889 , Th. 6.39 , etc.;οἱ δυνάμενοι, opp.οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες, Democr. 255 ; opp.οἱ πένητες, Archyt. 3 ;δυνάμενος παρά τινι having influencewith him, Hdt. 7.5 , And. 4.26 , etc.; δύνασθαι ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις
Th. 4.105
;δ. τοῖς χρήμασι, τῷ σώματι, Lys. 6.48 , 24.4 ;ὁ δυνάμενος one that can maintain himself, Id. 24.12 ; of things, [διαφέρει] οἷς δύνανταιdiffer in theirpotentialities, Plot. 6.3.17 .
2. of moral possibility,to be able, dare, bearto do a thing, mostly with neg., οὔτε τελευτὴν ποιῆσαι δύναται
Od. 1.250
; σε . . οὐ δύναμαι προλιπεῖν
13.331
, cf. S. Ant. 455 ; οὐκέτι ἐδύνατο ἐν τῷ καθεστῶτι τρόπῳ βιοτεύειν
Th. 1.130
; οὐδὲ σθένειν τοσοῦτον ᾠόμην τὰ σὰ κηρύγμαθ' ὥστε . . θεῶν νόμιμα δύνασθαι . . ὑπερδραμεῖν
S. Ant. 455
.
b. enjoy a legal right, δ. τῆς γεωργίας ἀπηλλάχθαι
POxy. 899.31
(ii/iii A.D.), etc.
3. withὡςand Sup. ,ὡς ἐδύναντο ἀδηλόταταas secretly as theycould, Th. 7.50 ;ὡς δύναμαι μάλιστα κατατείναςas forcibly as Ipossibly can, Pl. R. 367b ; ὡς δύναιτο κάλλιστον
Id. Smp. 214c
; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων
D. 27.3
, etc.; simplyὡς ἐδύνατοin the best way hecould, X. An. 2.6.2 : with relat., ὅσους ἐδύνατο πλείστους ἀθροίσας
Id. HG 2.2.9
; λαβεῖν . . οὓς ἂν σοφωτάτους δύνωμαι
Alex. 213
.
II. to be equivalent to,λόγοι ἔργα δυνάμενοιwordsthat are as good asdeeds, Th. 6.40 : hence,
1. of money,to be worth, c. acc., ὁ σίγλος δύναται ἑπτὰ ὀβολούς
X. An. 1.5.6
, cf. D. 34.23 : abs.,pass, be current, Luc. Luct. 10 .
2. of Number, etc.,to be equalorequivalent to, τριηκόσιαι γενεαὶ δυνέαται μύρια ἔτεα
Hdt. 2.142
;δυνήσεται τὴν ὑποτείνουσαν will be equivalent tothe hypotenuse, Arist. IA 709a19 .
3. of words,signify, mean, Hdt. 4.110 , al.; τὸ πειρηθῆναι καὶ τὸ ποιεῖν ἴσον δύναται
Id. 6.86
. γ́; δύναται ἴσον τῷ δρᾶν τὸ νοεῖν
Ar. Fr. 691
; δύναται τὸ νεοδαμῶδες ἤδη ἐλεύθερον εἶναι
Th. 7.58
: in later Greek,δύναται τὸ "μνασθέντι" ἀντὶ τοῦ "μνασθέντος"is equivalent to. . , Sch. Pi. O. 7.110 .
b. avail to produce,οὐδένα καιρὸν δύναται bringsno advantage, E. Med. 128 (anap.), cf. Pl. Phlb. 23d .
c. of things,mean, 'spell',τὸ τριβώνιον τί δύναται; Ar. Pl. 842 ;αἱ ἀγγελίαι τοῦτο δύνανταιtheymeanthis much, Th. 6.36 ; τὴν αὐτὴν δ. δούλωσιν
Id. 1.141
, cf. Arist. Pol. 1313b25 .
4. Math.,δύνασθαί τι to be equivalent when squared toa number or area,τοῖς ἐπιπέδοις ἃ δύνανταιin the areas of which they [the lines]are the roots, Pl. Tht. 148b ;ἡ Βγ τῆς Α μεῖζον δύναται τῇ Δζ the square on Βγ is greaterthanthe square onA by thesquare on Δζ, Euc. 10.17 ;αἱ δυνάμεναι αὐτά [τὰ μεγέθη] the linesrepresentingtheirsquare roots, ib. Def. 4 , cf. Prop. 22 ;αὐξήσεις δυνάμεναί τε καὶ δυναστευόμεναιincrements bothin the rootsandpowersof numbers, Pl. R. 546b ; τὴν ὑποτείνουσαν ταῖς περὶ τὴν ὀρθὴν ἴσον δυναμένην
Plu. 2.720a
, cf. Iamb. Comm.Math. 17 ;ἡ δυναμένη, Pythag. name for thehypotenuseof a right-angled triangle, Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 75.31 .
b. of numbers multiplied together,come to, Papp. 1.24 , 27 .
III. impers.,οὐ δύναται, c.aor. inf.,it cannot be, is not to be, τοῖσι Σπαρτιήτῃσι καλλιερῆσαι οὐκ ἐδύνατο
Hdt. 7.134
, cf. 9.45 ;δύναται it is possible, Plu. 2.440e (s. v.l.).
