ἰσχυρός
See also: ισχυρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῐ̓σχ(ῡ́ς) (iskh(ū́s), “strength, power”) + -υρός (-urós).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /is.kʰyː.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /is.kʰyˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /is.çyˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /is.çyˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /is.çiˈros/
Adjective
ἰσχῡρός • (iskhūrós) m (feminine ἰσχῡρᾱ́, neuter ἰσχῡρόν); first/second declension
- strong, mighty
- 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 945
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 290
- 620 BCE – 500 BCE, Alcaeus of Mytilene, Collected Works 15.4
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.12
- 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 310
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 50
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 7.6.1
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.1.30
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.9
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.6.11
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.76
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hipparchicus 8.24
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.111
- 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 66
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.6
- 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Men at Arbitration 130
- Antonym: ἀσθενής (asthenḗs)
- mighty, powerful
- 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 302
- 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 447
- 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 946
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.136
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Constitution of the Athenians 1.14
- 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 3:11
- forcible, obstinate, stiff, stubborn, inveterate, excessive
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.94
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.29
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 15:14
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.74
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.205
- 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 11
- 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Choreutes 25
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 388E
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 560B
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.102
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Alcibiades 2 9
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 233C
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.41
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.23
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.201
- (as an adverb) strongly, with all force
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.69
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.3.11
- very much, exceedingly
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.108
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.183
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.7.15
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prognostics 11
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 503B.9
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.44
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.3.15
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.129
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.12
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 1.15
Inflection
First and second declension of ἰσχῡρός; ἰσχῡρᾱ́; ἰσχῡρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἰσχῡρός iskhūrós | ἰσχῡρᾱ́ iskhūrā́ | ἰσχῡρόν iskhūrón | ἰσχῡρώ iskhūrṓ | ἰσχῡρᾱ́ iskhūrā́ | ἰσχῡρώ iskhūrṓ | ἰσχῡροί iskhūroí | ἰσχῡραί iskhūraí | ἰσχῡρᾰ́ iskhūrá | |||||
Genitive | ἰσχῡροῦ iskhūroû | ἰσχῡρᾶς iskhūrâs | ἰσχῡροῦ iskhūroû | ἰσχῡροῖν iskhūroîn | ἰσχῡραῖν iskhūraîn | ἰσχῡροῖν iskhūroîn | ἰσχῡρῶν iskhūrôn | ἰσχῡρῶν iskhūrôn | ἰσχῡρῶν iskhūrôn | |||||
Dative | ἰσχῡρῷ iskhūrôi | ἰσχῡρᾷ iskhūrâi | ἰσχῡρῷ iskhūrôi | ἰσχῡροῖν iskhūroîn | ἰσχῡραῖν iskhūraîn | ἰσχῡροῖν iskhūroîn | ἰσχῡροῖς iskhūroîs | ἰσχῡραῖς iskhūraîs | ἰσχῡροῖς iskhūroîs | |||||
Accusative | ἰσχῡρόν iskhūrón | ἰσχῡρᾱ́ν iskhūrā́n | ἰσχῡρόν iskhūrón | ἰσχῡρώ iskhūrṓ | ἰσχῡρᾱ́ iskhūrā́ | ἰσχῡρώ iskhūrṓ | ἰσχῡρούς iskhūroús | ἰσχῡρᾱ́ς iskhūrā́s | ἰσχῡρᾰ́ iskhūrá | |||||
Vocative | ἰσχῡρέ iskhūré | ἰσχῡρᾱ́ iskhūrā́ | ἰσχῡρόν iskhūrón | ἰσχῡρώ iskhūrṓ | ἰσχῡρᾱ́ iskhūrā́ | ἰσχῡρώ iskhūrṓ | ἰσχῡροί iskhūroí | ἰσχῡραί iskhūraí | ἰσχῡρᾰ́ iskhūrá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἰσχῡρῶς iskhūrôs | ἰσχῡρότερος iskhūróteros | ἰσχῡρότᾰτος iskhūrótatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “ἰσχυρός”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
- “ἰσχυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἰσχυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἰσχυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2478 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.
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- authoritative idem, page 53.
- decided idem, page 200.
- desperate idem, page 217.
- determined idem, page 219.
- drastic idem, page 250.
- emphatic idem, page 269.
- forcible idem, page 335.
- grim idem, page 373.
- hard idem, page 385.
- hard-fought idem, page 385.
- hardy idem, page 386.
- hotly idem, page 408.
- imperative idem, page 420.
- incisive idem, page 428.
- intense idem, page 449.
- inveterate idem, page 457.
- lusty idem, page 505.
- mighty idem, page 528.
- nervous idem, page 556.
- obstinate idem, page 567.
- peremptory idem, page 607.
- positive idem, page 628.
- potent idem, page 629.
- powerful idem, page 630.
- resolute idem, page 702.
- rigid idem, page 715.
- rooted idem, page 721.
- severe idem, page 759.
- sound idem, page 796.
- stable idem, page 808.
- stolid idem, page 819.
- stout idem, page 821.
- strenuous idem, page 825.
- stringent idem, page 826.
- strong idem, page 827.
- strong-minded idem, page 827.
- stubborn idem, page 828.
- sturdy idem, page 830.
- trenchant idem, page 893.
- unabated idem, page 905.
- uncompromising idem, page 910.
- vigorous idem, page 952.
- violent idem, page 953.
- virulent idem, page 954.
- warm idem, page 964.