ἰσχ-ύς
[see. entry near the end], ύος, ἡ, strength of body, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 146, 823, etc.; ἀκμαὶ ἰσχύος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.96; δεινὸν ἰσχύος θράσος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 104; τὴν ἰ. δεινὰ καὶ τὴν ῥώμην 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 190b; πρὸς ἰσχὺν ὀφθαλμοὶ ἄριστα πεφυκότες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.5: _plural_, ἰσχύες καὶ ἀσθένειαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618d; κατὰ σωμάτων ἰσχῦς καὶ εὐμορφίας [prev. author] “Lg.” 744c ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of places, ἰσχὺς γῆς [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 610 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a fortified place, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 might, power, θεοῦ, θεῶν, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 226 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 118; ἰ. βασιλεία 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 590 (Lyric poetry), compare 12 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπου γὰρ ἰ. συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκη might and right, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 381 ] Refs]; φύσεως ἰ., of Themistocles, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μέγα ἐλθεῖν ἰσχύος to a great height of power, [[ [prev. author] 2.97, compare 1.85, etc.; παρὰ ἰσχὺν τῆς δυνάμεως [prev. author] 7.66 ] Refs]; ἰ. μάχης fighting power, [[ [prev. author] 2.97; ἰ. τῆς ἐλπίδος [prev. author] 4.65, compare 2.62 ] Refs]; ἡ τῶν νόμων ἰ. [[ “POxy.” 67.14 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; validity, [[ PGrenf. 2.71ii11 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__3 brute force, κατ᾽ ἰσχύν perforce, opposed to δόλῳ, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 214; πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 594; πρὸς ἰσχύος χάριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 538; ὑπὸ τῆς ἰσχύος 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 3.10; κατέχοντες ἰσχύϊ τὸ πλῆθος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.62; εἴ τι ἰσχύϊ πράττεται, ἰσχυρῶς πράττεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 332b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]