δύναμαι

δύνᾰμαι [pron. full] [ῠ], [ per.] 2sg.

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.VH13.32; [dialect] Aeol. and [dialect] Dor.

δύνᾳ Alc.Oxy.1788

Fr.15 ii 16, Theoc.10.2, also S.Ph.849 (lyr.), dub. in OT696 (lyr.); δύνῃ is subj., Ar.Eq.491, cf. Phryn.337; [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl.

δυνέαται Hdt.2.142

; subj. δύνωμαι, [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 2sg.

δύνηαι Il.6.229

(δυνεώμεθα -ωνται as vv.ll. in Hdt.4.97, 7.163); also

δύνᾱμαι Sapph.Supp.3.3

, GDI4952A 42 ([place name] Crete): [tense] impf. [ per.] 2sg.

ἐδύνω h.Merc.405

, X.An.1.6.7; later

ἐδύνασο Hp.Ep.16

(v.l. ἠδ.), Luc.DMort.9.1; [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl.

ἐδυνέατο Hdt.4.110

, al. (ἠδ- codd.): [tense] fut.

δυνήσομαι Od.16.238

, etc.; [dialect] Dor.

δυνᾱσοῦμαι Archyt.3

; later

δυνηθήσομαι D.C.52.37

: [tense] aor.

ἐδυνησάμην Il.14.33

, [dialect] Ep.

δυν- 5.621

; subj.

δυνήσωνται Semon.1.17

, never in good [dialect] Att., f. l. in D.19.323: [voice] Pass. forms, [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Ion., Lyr., ἐδυνάσθην or

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 [dialect] Att. Prose

ἐδυνήθην S.Aj. 1067

, OT1212 (lyr.), E.Ion867 (anap.), D.21.80,186: [tense] pf.

δεδύνημαι D.4.30

, Din.2.14, Phld.Rh.1.261S.—The double augment ἠδυνάμην is [dialect] Att. acc. to Moer.175, but [dialect] Ion. acc. to An.Ox.2.374, and is found in codd. of Hdt.4.110, al., Hp.Epid.1.26.β', al.; ἠδύνω is required by metre in Philippid.16; but is not found in [dialect] Att. Inscrr. before 300 B.C., IG22.678.12, al., cf. ἠδύνασθε ib.7.2711 (Acraeph., i A.D.); both forms occur in later writers: ἠδυνήθην occurs in A.Pr.208, and codd. of Th.4.33, Lys.3.42, etc.: δύνομαι is a late form freq. in Pap. as UPZ9 (ii B. C.), al. [[pron. full] ῠ, exc. in

δῡναμένοιο Od.1.276

, 11.414, Hom. Epigr.15.1, and pr. n. Δῡναμένη, metri gr.]

I to be able, strong enough to do, c. inf. [tense] pres. et [tense] aor., Il.19.163, 1.562, etc.: [tense] fut. inf. is f.l. (πείσειν for πείθειν) in S.Ph.1394, (κωλύσειν for κωλῦσαι) Plb.21.11.13, etc.: freq. abs., with inf. supplied from the context, εἰ δύνασαί γε if at least thou canst (sc. περισχέσθαι), Il. 1.393: also c. acc. Pron. or Adj.,

ὅσσον δύναμαι χερσίν τε ποσίν τε 20.360

; [

Ζεὺς] δύναται ἅπαντα Od.4.237

; μέγα δυνάμενος very powerful, 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 influence with 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 δύνανται differ in their potentialities, Plot.6.3.17.

2 of moral possibility, to be able, dare, bear to 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 with ὡς and [comp] Sup., ὡς ἐδύναντο ἀδηλότατα as secretly as they could, Th.7.50; ὡς δύναμαι μάλιστα κατατείνας as forcibly as I possibly can, Pl.R.367b;

ὡς δύναιτο κάλλιστον Id.Smp.214c

;

ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων D.27.3

, etc.; simply ὡς ἐδύνατο in the best way he could, X.An.2.6.2: with relat.,

ὅσους ἐδύνατο πλείστους ἀθροίσας Id.HG2.2.9

;

λαβεῖν . . οὓς ἂν σοφωτάτους δύνωμαι Alex. 213

.

II to be equivalent to, λόγοι ἔργα δυνάμενοι words that are as good as deeds, 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 equal or equivalent to,

τριηκόσιαι γενεαὶ δυνέαται μύρια ἔτεα Hdt.2.142

; δυνήσεται τὴν ὑποτείνουσαν will be equivalent to the hypotenuse, Arist.IA 709a19.

3 of words, signify, mean, Hdt.4.110, al.;

τὸ πειρηθῆναι καὶ τὸ ποιεῖν ἴσον δύναται Id.6.86

.

γ; 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 brings no advantage, E.Med.128 (anap.), cf. Pl.Phlb.23d.

c of things, mean, 'spell', τὸ τριβώνιον τί δύναται; Ar.Pl.842; αἱ ἀγγελίαι τοῦτο δύνανται they mean this much, Th.6.36;

τὴν αὐτὴν δ. δούλωσιν Id.1.141

, cf. Arist.Pol.1313b25.

4 Math., δύνασθαί τι to be equivalent when squared to a number or area, τοῖς ἐπιπέδοις ἃ δύνανται in 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 greater than the square on A by the square on ΔΖ, Euc.10.17; αἱ δυνάμεναι αὐτά [τὰ μεγέθη] the lines representing their square roots, ib.Def.4, cf. Prop. 22; αὐξήσεις δυνάμεναί τε καὶ δυναστευόμεναι increments both in the roots and powers of 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 the hypotenuse of 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. [tense] 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.).