σθένος, εος, τό,
strength, might, especially bodily strength, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, less frequently in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”; κάρτεΐ τε σθένεΐ τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.329 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλκῆς καὶ σθένεος[[ [prev. work] 499; χερσίν τε ποσίν τε καὶ σθένει 20.361 ] Refs]; ποδῶν χειρῶν τε σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to φρήν,[[ [prev. work] 1.26; γνῶμαι πλέον κρατοῦσιν ἢ σθένος χερῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 939: c.] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἐν δὲ σ. ὦρσεν ἑκάστῳ.. πολεμίζειν strength to war, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.451; σ. ποιεῖν εὖ φερέγγυον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 87; σ. ὥστε καθελεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 66 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: less frequently of the force of things, as of a stream, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.751; σ. ἀελίου 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.144; [ἄρουραι] σθένος ἔμαρψαν [prev. author] “N.” 6.11: σθένει] Refs 8th c.BC+] by force, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 842 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 953 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει both by right and might, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 68; ὑπὸ σθένους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1127 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντὶ σθένει with all one's might, frequently in treaties, [[ “SIG” 122.6, +others, Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 646a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]—the only phrase in which early prose writers use the word (compare below [[ 111); found in LXX, LXX.Job.4.10, +others ] LXX]
__2 later, generally, strength, might, power, moral as well as physical, ἀνάγκης [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 105; τῆς ἀληθείας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 369 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγγέλων σ. their might or authority, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 849: with _genitive_ object, ἀγωνίας σ] Refs 4th c.BC+]. strength for conflict, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.113 (assuming variant, -ίαις Bgk.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ σ. λάβοιμι if I should gain strength enough, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 333, compare 348, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]