σθένω,
used only in present and imperfect, Trag. Verb, found also in late Epic dialect, and in later Prose, [[ LXX.3Mac.3.8, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.31 ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]: (σθένος):— to have strength or might, be strong or mighty, οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοντά γε εἷλέν με in my strength, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 947; σθενόντων βραχιόνων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 312: with _dative_ modi, σ. χερί, χειρί, ποσίν] Refs 5th c.BC+], to be strong in hand, in foot, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 998, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 651, Alcaeus267 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also σ. μάχῃ, χρήμασι, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 1048.5, “El.” 939; σθένοντος ἐν πλούτῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 488: frequently with a _neuter_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adjective, μέγα, μεῖζον σ[[., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 938, “Pr.” 1013 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 846 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον σ. how strong it is, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 619; σ. τοσοῦτον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1062 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσονπερ ἂν σ. [[ [prev. author] “El.” 946, compare “Tr.” 927 ] Refs]; εἰς ὅσον σ. [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1403. ] Refs]
__2 to have power, εἴ τις ἄλλος ἐν πόλει σ. [[ [prev. author] “OC” 456; πόλις σθένουσα [prev. work] 734 ] Refs]; οἱ κάτω σθένοντες they who rule below, the gods below, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 49. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of things, σθένουσα λαμπάς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 296; ἀστραπαῖσι λαμπάδων σθένει [prev. author] “fragment” 386. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]