δυνατός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δύνατος (dúnatos) – Aeolic
Etymology
From δύναμαι (dúnamai, “to be able”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dy.na.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dy.naˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðy.naˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðy.naˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.naˈtos/
Adjective
δῠνᾰτός • (dunatós) m (feminine δῠνᾰτή, neuter δῠνᾰτόν); first/second declension
- strong, mighty
- 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 9 31:
- ὅ τι μὲν ἦν αὐτῶν δυνατώτατον πᾶν ἀπολέξας ἔστησε ἀντίον Λακεδαιμονίων
- hó ti mèn ên autôn dunatṓtaton pân apoléxas éstēse antíon Lakedaimoníōn
- 1920 translation by A. D. Godley
- In his arraying of them he chose out the strongest part of the Persians to set it over against the Lacedaemonians
- ὅ τι μὲν ἦν αὐτῶν δυνατώτατον πᾶν ἀπολέξας ἔστησε ἀντίον Λακεδαιμονίων
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Refusal of a Pension 12:
- ὅτι δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοὺς ᾐτημένους ἵππους ἀναβαίνω, πειρᾶσθαι πείθειν ὑμᾶς ὡς δυνατός εἰμι
- hóti d᾽ epì toùs ēitēménous híppous anabaínō, peirâsthai peíthein humâs hōs dunatós eimi
- 1930 translation by W.R.M. Lamb
- because I mount borrowed horses, he should try to persuade you that I am.
- ὅτι δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοὺς ᾐτημένους ἵππους ἀναβαίνω, πειρᾶσθαι πείθειν ὑμᾶς ὡς δυνατός εἰμι
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 7.23:
- τῇ δὲ γυναικὶ ἧττον τὸ σῶμα δυνατὸν πρὸς ταῦτα φύσας τὰ ἔνδον ἔργα αὐτῇ, φάναι ἔφη, προστάξαι μοι δοκεῖ ὁ θεός.
- têi dè gunaikì hêtton tò sôma dunatòn pròs taûta phúsas tà éndon érga autêi, phánai éphē, prostáxai moi dokeî ho theós.
- 1923 translation by E. C. Marchant
- To the woman, since he has made her body less capable of such endurance, I take it that God has assigned the indoor tasks.
- τῇ δὲ γυναικὶ ἧττον τὸ σῶμα δυνατὸν πρὸς ταῦτα φύσας τὰ ἔνδον ἔργα αὐτῇ, φάναι ἔφη, προστάξαι μοι δοκεῖ ὁ θεός.
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.39
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.19:
- ἢ ἵνα δυνατοὶ γενόμενοι καὶ τοῖς σώμασι καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ τὸν ἑαυτῶν οἶκον καλῶς οἰκῶσι καὶ τοὺς φίλους εὖ ποιῶσι καὶ τὴν πατρίδα εὐεργετῶσι
- ḕ hína dunatoì genómenoi kaì toîs sṓmasi kaì taîs psukhaîs kaì tòn heautôn oîkon kalôs oikôsi kaì toùs phílous eû poiôsi kaì tḕn patrída euergetôsi
- 1921 translation by }E. C. Marchant
- or to make themselves capable in body and soul of managing their own homes well, of helping their friends and serving their country?
- ἢ ἵνα δυνατοὶ γενόμενοι καὶ τοῖς σώμασι καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ τὸν ἑαυτῶν οἶκον καλῶς οἰκῶσι καὶ τοὺς φίλους εὖ ποιῶσι καὶ τὴν πατρίδα εὐεργετῶσι
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Hippias Minor 366:
- τοὺς ψευδεῖς φῂς εἶναι δυνατοὺς καὶ φρονίμους καὶ ἐπιστήμονας καὶ σοφοὺς εἰς ἅπερ ψευδεῖς.
- toùs pseudeîs phḕis eînai dunatoùs kaì phronímous kaì epistḗmonas kaì sophoùs eis háper pseudeîs.
- 1925 translation
- the false are among the powerful and the wise, according to your statement.
- τοὺς ψευδεῖς φῂς εἶναι δυνατοὺς καὶ φρονίμους καὶ ἐπιστήμονας καὶ σοφοὺς εἰς ἅπερ ψευδεῖς.
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 7 60:
- ὅσαι ἦσαν καὶ δυναταὶ καὶ ἀπλοώτεραι, πάντα τινὰ ἐσβιβάζοντες πληρῶσαι, καὶ διαναυμαχήσαντες, ἢν μὲν νικῶσιν, ἐς Κατάνην κομίζεσθαι.
- hósai êsan kaì dunataì kaì aploṓterai, pánta tinà esbibázontes plērôsai, kaì dianaumakhḗsantes, ḕn mèn nikôsin, es Katánēn komízesthai.
- 1881 translation by Benjamin Jowett
- whether fit for service or not; they would then fight a decisive battle, and, if they conquered, go to Catana.
- ὅσαι ἦσαν καὶ δυναταὶ καὶ ἀπλοώτεραι, πάντα τινὰ ἐσβιβάζοντες πληρῶσαι, καὶ διαναυμαχήσαντες, ἢν μὲν νικῶσιν, ἐς Κατάνην κομίζεσθαι.
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 351:
- ἐλέχθη γάρ που ὅτι καὶ δυνατώτερον καὶ ἰσχυρότερον εἴη ἀδικία δικαιοσύνης.
- elékhthē gár pou hóti kaì dunatṓteron kaì iskhuróteron eíē adikía dikaiosúnēs.
- 1969 translation
- For the statement made, I believe, was that injustice is a more potent and stronger thing than justice.
- ἐλέχθη γάρ που ὅτι καὶ δυνατώτερον καὶ ἰσχυρότερον εἴη ἀδικία δικαιοσύνης.
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, 10 31.8:
- ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς χείλεσιν ἑκάστης ἐπέκειτο χαρακώματα διπλᾶ καὶ τελευταῖον προτείχισμα δυνατόν.
- epì dè toîs kheílesin hekástēs epékeito kharakṓmata diplâ kaì teleutaîon proteíkhisma dunatón.
- 1922 translation by William Roger Paton
- Each defended at its edge by a double row of palisades, and behind all there was strong wall.
- ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς χείλεσιν ἑκάστης ἐπέκειτο χαρακώματα διπλᾶ καὶ τελευταῖον προτείχισμα δυνατόν.
- (with infinitive) able to do
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.97
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 10.9
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.139
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 319A
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 29.5
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Constitution of the Athenians 1.3
- 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 523
- (of outward power) powerful, influential
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 219
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.53
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.65
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.13
- able to produce
- Geoponica 2.21.5
- (passive, of things) possible, practical
- 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Papyrus Fragments 5.21
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.111
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 97
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.24
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 90C
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1295A.30
- 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 422D
- 349 BCE, Demosthenes, Third Olynthiac 6
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.24
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 277A
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.2.23
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 5.8
- 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 997
- 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 183
- 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Panathenaicus 278
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.5.5
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 13
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.89
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1359B.1
- (adverbial) strongly, powerfully
- 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, On the Embassy 48
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 516D
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.11
- (in phrases, such as, κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, ὅσον δυνατόν) as much as is possible
Inflection
First and second declension of δῠνᾰτός; δῠνᾰτή; δῠνᾰτόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | δῠνᾰτός dunatós | δῠνᾰτή dunatḗ | δῠνᾰτόν dunatón | δῠνᾰτώ dunatṓ | δῠνᾰτᾱ́ dunatā́ | δῠνᾰτώ dunatṓ | δῠνᾰτοί dunatoí | δῠνᾰταί dunataí | δῠνᾰτᾰ́ dunatá | |||||
Genitive | δῠνᾰτοῦ dunatoû | δῠνᾰτῆς dunatês | δῠνᾰτοῦ dunatoû | δῠνᾰτοῖν dunatoîn | δῠνᾰταῖν dunataîn | δῠνᾰτοῖν dunatoîn | δῠνᾰτῶν dunatôn | δῠνᾰτῶν dunatôn | δῠνᾰτῶν dunatôn | |||||
Dative | δῠνᾰτῷ dunatôi | δῠνᾰτῇ dunatêi | δῠνᾰτῷ dunatôi | δῠνᾰτοῖν dunatoîn | δῠνᾰταῖν dunataîn | δῠνᾰτοῖν dunatoîn | δῠνᾰτοῖς dunatoîs | δῠνᾰταῖς dunataîs | δῠνᾰτοῖς dunatoîs | |||||
Accusative | δῠνᾰτόν dunatón | δῠνᾰτήν dunatḗn | δῠνᾰτόν dunatón | δῠνᾰτώ dunatṓ | δῠνᾰτᾱ́ dunatā́ | δῠνᾰτώ dunatṓ | δῠνᾰτούς dunatoús | δῠνᾰτᾱ́ς dunatā́s | δῠνᾰτᾰ́ dunatá | |||||
Vocative | δῠνᾰτέ dunaté | δῠνᾰτή dunatḗ | δῠνᾰτόν dunatón | δῠνᾰτώ dunatṓ | δῠνᾰτᾱ́ dunatā́ | δῠνᾰτώ dunatṓ | δῠνᾰτοί dunatoí | δῠνᾰταί dunataí | δῠνᾰτᾰ́ dunatá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῠνᾰτῶς dunatôs | δῠνᾰτώτερος dunatṓteros | δῠνᾰτώτᾰτος dunatṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀδύνατος (adúnatos)
Descendants
- Greek: δυνατός (dynatós)
Further reading
- “δυνατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δυνατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δυνατός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δυνατός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “δυνατός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1415 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- able idem, page 2.
- capable idem, page 111.
- competent idem, page 151.
- effective idem, page 262.
- feasible idem, page 312.
- grandee idem, page 369.
- great idem, page 372.
- influential idem, page 439.
- mighty idem, page 528.
- noble idem, page 559.
- possible idem, page 628.
- potent idem, page 629.
- powerful idem, page 630.
- practicable idem, page 631.
- strong idem, page 827.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δυνατός (dunatós).
Adjective
δυνατός • (dynatós) m (feminine δυνατή, neuter δυνατό)
- strong, loud
- strong, powerful
- possible, potential
Declension
Declension of δυνατός
number case \\ gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | δυνατός • | δυνατή • | δυνατό • | δυνατοί • | δυνατές • | δυνατά • |
genitive | δυνατού • | δυνατής • | δυνατού • | δυνατών • | δυνατών • | δυνατών • |
accusative | δυνατό • | δυνατή • | δυνατό • | δυνατούς • | δυνατές • | δυνατά • |
vocative | δυνατέ • | δυνατή • | δυνατό • | δυνατοί • | δυνατές • | δυνατά • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο δυνατός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δυνατός, etc.) |
Degrees of comparison by suffixation
comparative | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | δυνατότερος • | δυνατότερη • | δυνατότερο • | δυνατότεροι • | δυνατότερες • | δυνατότερα • |
genitive | δυνατότερου • | δυνατότερης • | δυνατότερου • | δυνατότερων • | δυνατότερων • | δυνατότερων • |
accusative | δυνατότερο • | δυνατότερη • | δυνατότερο • | δυνατότερους • | δυνατότερες • | δυνατότερα • |
vocative | δυνατότερε • | δυνατότερη • | δυνατότερο • | δυνατότεροι • | δυνατότερες • | δυνατότερα • |
derivations | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο δυνατότερος", etc) | |||||
Absolute superlative | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | δυνατότατος • | δυνατότατη • | δυνατότατο • | δυνατότατοι • | δυνατότατες • | δυνατότατα • |
genitive | δυνατότατου • | δυνατότατης • | δυνατότατου • | δυνατότατων • | δυνατότατων • | δυνατότατων • |
accusative | δυνατότατο • | δυνατότατη • | δυνατότατο • | δυνατότατους • | δυνατότατες • | δυνατότατα • |
vocative | δυνατότατε • | δυνατότατη • | δυνατότατο • | δυνατότατοι • | δυνατότατες • | δυνατότατα • |
Synonyms
- (powerful, influential): ισχυρός (ischyrós)
Related terms
- βάζω τα δυνατά μου (vázo ta dynatá mou, “do my best”)