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|Full diacritics=δύνᾰμις
|Medium diacritics=δύναμις
|Low diacritics=δύναμις
|Capitals=ΔΥΝΑΜΙΣ
|Transliteration A=dýnamis
|Transliteration B=dynamis
|Transliteration C=dynamis
|Beta Code=du/namis
|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], ἡ</b>, gen. εως, Ion. ιος, Ion. dat. <b class="b3">δυνάμι</b> : (δύναμαι):— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">power, might</b>, in Hom., esp. of <b class="b2">bodily strength</b>, εἴ μοι δ. γε παρείη <span class="bibl">Od. 2.62</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.8.294</span>; οἵη ἐμὴ δ. καὶ χεῖρες <span class="bibl">Od.20.237</span>; ἡ δ. τῶν νέων <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.3.2</span>, etc.: generally, <b class="b2">strength, power, ability</b> to do anything, <b class="b3">πὰρ δύναμιν</b> beyond one's <b class="b2">strength</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.13.787</span>; in Prose, παρὰ δ. τολμηταί <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>, etc.; ὑπὲρ δ. <span class="bibl">D.18.193</span>; opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ δ</b>. as far as <b class="b2">lies in one</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.142</span>, etc. (κὰδ δ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>336</span>); εἰς δύναμιν <span class="bibl">Cratin. 172</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 458e</span>, etc.; πρὸς τὴν δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>231a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">outward power, influence, authority</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>174</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>779</span> (lyr.); καταπαύσαντα τὴν Κύρου δ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.90</span>; δυνάμει προὔχοντες <span class="bibl">Th.7.21</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν δ. εἶναι, γενέσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.5</span>, <span class="bibl">D.13.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">force for war, forces</b>, δ. ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.100</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>240d</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.41.2</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>21.22</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>139.8 (ii B. C.); <b class="b3">μετὰ</b> <b class="b3">δυνάμεων ἱκανῶν</b> Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>10 (ii B. C.), etc.; δ. καὶ πεζὴ καὶ ἱππικὴ καὶ ναυτική <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.3.12</span>; <b class="b3">πέντε δυνάμεσι πεφρουρημένον</b>, of the five projecting rows of sarissae in the phalanx, Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>5.2,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">a power, quantity</b>, χρημάτων δ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.9</span>.ά. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">means</b>, κατὰ δύναμιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EE</span>1243b12</span>; opp. <b class="b3">παρὰ δ</b>., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>8.3</span>; κατὰ δ. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1051.17</span> (Aug.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">power, faculty, capacity</b>, αἱ ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα δ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>14</span>; αἱ τοῦ σώματος δυνάμεις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>185e</span>; ἡ τῆς ὄψεως δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span> 532a</span>; ἡ τῶν λεγόντων δ. <span class="bibl">D.22.11</span>: c. gen. rei, <b class="b2">capacity for</b>, τῶν ἔργων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1309a35</span>; τοῦ λέγειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1362b22</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ λόγου, τῶν λόγων</b>, <span class="bibl">Men.578</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.94</span>; δ. στρατηγική <span class="bibl">Plb.1.84.6</span>; δ. ἐν πραγματείᾳ <span class="bibl">Id.2.56.5</span>; δ. συνθετική <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>2</span>: abs., any <b class="b2">natural capacity</b> or <b class="b2">faculty</b>, that may be improved and may be used for good or ill, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span> 126a37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">MM</span>1183b28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">elementary force</b>, such as heat, cold, etc., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>16</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>646a14</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ θερμοῦ δ</b>.ib.<span class="bibl">650a5</span>; θερμαντικὴ δ. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>60</span>, cf. Polystr.<span class="bibl">p.23</span> W. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">property, quality</b>, ἰδίην δύναμιν καὶ φύσιν ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nat.Hom.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Vict.</span>1.10</span>; esp. of the <b class="b2">natural properties</b> of plants, etc., <b class="b3">αἱ δ. τῶν φυομένων, τῶν σπερμάτων</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.8.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.11.1</span>; <b class="b2">productive power</b>, τῆς γῆς Id.<span class="title">Oec.</span>16.4; μετάλλων Id.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.1: generally, <b class="b2">function, faculty</b>, <b class="b3">δύναμις φυσική, ζωική, ψυχική</b>, Gal.10.635; <b class="b3">περὶ φυσικῶν δ</b>., title of work by Galen. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> in pl., <b class="b2">agencies</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπάρχειν ἐν τῇ φύσει τὰς τοιαύτας δυνάμεις</b> (sc. the gods) Polystr.p.10 W. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b2">function, meaning</b>, of part in whole, Id.p.17 W. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">e</span> in Music, <b class="b2">function, value</b>, of a note in the scale, δ. ἐστι τάξις φθόγγου ἐν συστήματι <span class="bibl">Cleonid.<span class="title">Harm.</span>14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aristox.<span class="title">Harm.</span>p.69M.</span>; <b class="b3">μέση κατὰ δύναμιν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ θέσιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Ptol. <span class="title">Harm.</span>2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">faculty, art</b>, or <b class="b2">craft</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>532d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1018a30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1094a10</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.1.1</span>; <b class="b3">δ. σκεπτική</b> the <b class="b2">doctrine</b> of the Sceptics, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>7.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">a medicine</b>, <span class="bibl">Timostr.7</span>, etc.; δ. ἁπλαῖ <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Decent.</span>9</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>1.4</span>, etc.; δ. πολυφάρμακοι Plu.2.403c, Gal.13.365: in pl., <b class="b2">collection of formulae</b> or <b class="b2">prescriptions</b>, <span class="bibl">Orib.10.33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">action</b> of medicines, <b class="b3">περὶ τῆς ἁπλῶν φαρμάκων δ</b>., title of work by Galen; also, <b class="b2">potency</b>, <b class="b3">δυνάμει θερμά, ψυχρά</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.672</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">magically potent substance</b> or <b class="b2">object</b>, PMag.Leid.V.8.12: in pl., <b class="b2">magical powers</b>, <span class="bibl">Hld.4.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">force</b> or <b class="b2">meaning</b> of a word, <span class="bibl">Lys.10.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>394b</span>, <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>31</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> phonetic <b class="b2">value</b> of sounds or letters, <span class="bibl">Plb.10.47.8</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>12</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Jud.Voc.</span>5</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">worth</b> or <b class="b2">value</b> of money, <span class="bibl">Th.6.46</span>,<span class="bibl">2.97</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sol.</span> 15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">capability of existing</b> or <b class="b2">acting, potentiality</b>, opp. <b class="b2">actuality</b> (ἐνέργεια), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1047b31</span>, <span class="bibl">1051a5</span>, etc.: hence <b class="b3">δυνάμει</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">virtually</b>, ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει . . ἐστί <span class="bibl">D.3.15</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἐνεργείᾳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>86a28</span>, al.; opp. <b class="b3">ἐντελεχείᾳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>193b8</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> Math., <b class="b2">power</b>, κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἡ ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ λέγεται δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1019b33</span>; usu. <b class="b2">second power, square</b>, <b class="b3">κατὰ δύναμιν</b> in <b class="b2">square</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>54b</span>, cf. <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>11, etc.: chiefly in dat., [<b class="b3">εὐθεῖα] δυνάμει ἴση</b> a line <b class="b2">the square</b> on which is equal to an area, ἡ BA <b class="b3">ἐλάσσων ἐστὶν ἢ διπλασίων δυνάμει τῆς</b> AK the <b class="b2">square</b> on BA is less than double of the <b class="b2">square</b> on AK, <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>2.9</span>: <b class="b3">εὐθεῖαι δ. σύμμετροι</b> commensurable <b class="b2">in square</b>, <span class="bibl">Euc.10</span><span class="title">Def.</span>2; <b class="b3">ἡ δυνάμει δεκάς</b> the series 12 + 22 . . . + 102, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>64. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">square number</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>32a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">square</b> of an unknown quantity (<span class="bibl">x2</span>), Dioph.<span class="title">Def.</span>2, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">square root</b> of a number which is not a perfect square, <b class="b2">surd</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μῆκος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>147d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">product</b> of two numbers, <b class="b3">ἡ ἀμφοῖν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τριάδος καὶ δυάδος</b>) δ. ἑξάς <span class="bibl">Ph.1.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">in Nic.</span>p.108</span> P.; <b class="b3">δυνάμει</b> <b class="b2">in product</b>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Metr.</span>1.15</span>, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>33. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> concrete, <b class="b2">powers</b>, esp. of divine beings, αἱ δ. τῶν οὐρανῶν <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>34.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>3.22</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Ph.1.587</span>, <span class="title">Corp.Herm.</span>1.26, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>2.34</span>: sg., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>8.10</span>, <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.1275; <b class="b3">πολυώνυμος δ</b>., of God, <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> <b class="b2">manifestation of divine power, miracle</b>, Ev.Matt.11.21, al., Buresch <b class="b2">Aus Lydien</b> 113, etc.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0672.png Seite 672]] εως, ἡ, <b class="b2">Vermögen, Kraft</b>; von Homer an überall. Homer z. B. Odyss. 2, 62 ἦ τ' ἂν ἀμυναίμην, εἴ μοι δύναμίς γε παρείη; Iliad. 8, 294 οὐ μέν τοι, ὅση δύναμίς γε πάριστιν, παύομαι; Odyss. 10, 69 ἀκέσασθε, φίλοι· [[δύναμις]] γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν; 3, 205 αἲ γὰρ ἐμοὶ τοσσήνδε θεοὶ δύναμιν παραθεῖεν, τίσασθαι μνηστῆρας; 20, 237 γνοίης χ' οἳη ἐμὴ [[δύναμις]] καὶ χεῖρες ἕπονται; Iliad. 23, 891 ὅσσον δυνάμει τε καὶ ἥμασιν ἔπλευ [[ἄριστος]]; 13, 786. 787 [[οὐδέ]] τί φημι ἀλκῆς δευήσεσθαι, ὅση δύναμίς γε πάρεστιν. πὰρ δύναμιν δ' οὐκ ἔστι καὶ ἐσσύμενον πολεμίζειν. – Folgende: 1) Vermögen, <b class="b2">Kraft</b>; – a) zunächst <b class="b2">Körperkraft</b>; αἱ τοῦ σώματος δυναμεις Plat. Theaet. 185 e; εἰ ἔτι ἐν δυνάμει ἦν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι, wenn ich noch die Kraft hätte, Rep. I, 328 c. – b) <b class="b2">in geistiger</b> Beziehung, Kraft, <b class="b2">Talent</b>, Fertigkeit; ἡ τἀγαθοῦ δύν., ἡ σοφιστικὴ δύν., Plat. Phil. 64 e Soph. 233 a; ἡγεμονική, Geschicklichkeit, Pol. 10, 22, 4. 1, 84, 6, der σωματικαὶ καὶ θυμικαὶ δ. vrbdt, 6, 7, 3; ἡ τῶν λεγόντων δ., Beredsamkeit, Dem. 22, 11 u. A.; ἡ τῶν λόγων δ. ist sowohl Kraft der Rede, als Redefertigkeit, Arist. rhet. 1, 1; δύναμιν ἔχειν [[πρός]] τι, Isocr. 2, 12. – c) allgem., <b class="b2">Vermögen</b>; εἰς δύναμιν, nach Vermögen, nach besten Kräften, Plat. Polit. 273 b, oft, wie Folgde; auch εἰς δύναμιν ὅτι [[μάλιστα]], Plat. Rep. V, 458 e; eben so κατὰ δύναμιν, Phaedr. 249 c; κὰδ δύναμιν Hes. O. 834; κατὰ δύναμιν ὅτι [[μάλιστα]] διὰ βραχέων, Polit. 279 c; πρὸς τὴν δύναμιν τὴν αὑτῶν, Phaedr. 231 a; Ggstz ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, über Vermögen, Dem. 18, 193. – 2) Ansehen u. Einfluß im Staate, <b class="b2">politische Macht</b>; τῇ δυνάμει πρῶτοι Thuc. 7, 21; oft bei den Rednern; ἐν δυνάμει εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, in Ansehen stehen; Xen. Hell. 4, 4, 5; Dem. 13, 29. Auch = ein obrigkeitliches Amt, Xen. – 3) <b class="b2">Heeresmacht</b>, das <b class="b2">Heer</b>, die <b class="b2">Truppen</b>, im sing. u. im plur.; δεξάμενοι τὴν τῶν βαρβάρων δύναμιν Plat. Menex. 240 d; δ. ναυτική, πεζική, ἱππική, Xen. An. 1, 3, 12; u. so oft bei den Historikern. – 4) von der Arznei, die <b class="b2">Heilkraft</b>; Medic. Auch die <b class="b2">Heilmittel</b> selbst heißen δυνάμεις, wie B. A, p. 91 δυνάμεις τὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν φάρμακα. S. D. Sic. 1, 97. 4, 51; Plut. u. A. Vgl. Bast zu Greg. Cor. 907. – 5) der <b class="b2">Werth, Gehalt</b> einer Münze, Thuc. 6, 46 u. Sp.; δύναμιν ὀλίγην τῷ νομίσματι ἔδωκε Plut. Lyc. 9; Sol. 15. Dah. = die <b class="b2">Bdtg</b> eines <b class="b2">Wortes</b>; ὀνόματα τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν ἔχοντα Lys. 10, 7; Plat. Crat. 394 b u. öfter; οὐκ εἰδότες, [[τίνα]] δύναμιν ἔχει [[ταῦτα]], was dies zu bedeuten hat, Pol. 3, 20, 5. Aehnl. τὸ εὐσεβὲς καὶ τὸ δίκαιον ἄν τ' ἐπὶ μικροῦ ἄν τ' ἐπί μείζονος παραβαίνῃ, τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν ἔχει, hat dieselbe Bedeutung, ist gleich, Dem. 9, 16. – Die <b class="b2">Möglichkeit</b>; entggstzt [[ἐνέργεια]], [[ἐντελέχεια]], oft Arist. – 6) in der Mathematik das <b class="b2">Quadrat</b> einer Zahl, einer Linie, Plat. Theaet. 198 b.
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|lstext='''δύνᾰμις''': [ῠ], ἡ, γεν. -εως, Ἰων. -ιος, Ἰων. δοτ. δυνάμι˙ ([[δύναμαι]]) - [[δύναμις]], [[ἰσχύς]], [[ῥώμη]]˙ παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ ἰδίως ἐπὶ σωματικῆς δυνάμεως, εἴ μοι δύναμίς γε παρείη Ὀδ. Β.62. πρβλ. Ἰλ. Θ. 294· οἵη ἐμὴ [[δύναμις]] καὶ χεῖρες Ὀδ. Υ. 237˙ [[οὕτως]] ἡ [[δύναμις]] τῶν νέων Ἀντιφῶν 127. 24, κτλ.˙- [[ἐντεῦθεν]] [[καθόλου]], [[δύναμις]], [[ἰσχύς]], [[ἱκανότης]] πρὸς πρᾶξίν τινος, ὅση δύναμίς γε πάρεστιν, Ἰλ. Θ. 294˙ πὰρ δύναμιν, παρὰ τὴν δύναμιν, [[πέρα]] τῆς δυνάμεώς τινος, Ν. 787˙ παρὰ πεζοῖς, παρὰ δ. Θουκ. 1. 70, κτλ.˙ [[ὑπὲρ]] δ. Δημ. 292. 25˙ ἀντίθ. κατὰ δ., ὅσον δύναταί τις, ὅσον ἰσχύει τις, Λατ. pro virili, Ἡρόδ. 3. 142, κτλ. (κὰδ δ. παρ’ Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 334)˙ [[οὕτως]], εἰς δύναμιν Κρατῖν. Πυλ. 3, Πλάτ. Πολ. 458Ε, κτλ˙ πρὸς δ. ὁ αὐτ. Φαίδρ. 231Α. 2) ἐξωτερικὴ [[δύναμις]], [[ἰσχύς]], [[βαρύτης]], [[ἀξίωμα]], Λατ. potentia, opes, Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 174, Ἀγ. 779, Ἡρόδ. 1. 90, Θουκ. 7. 21, κτλ.˙ ἐν δ. [[εἶναι]], γίγνεσθαι Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 4. 4, 5, Δημ. 174, 27. 3) [[δύναμις]] διὰ πόλεμον, στρατιωτικαὶ δυνάμεις, δ. πεζικὴ Ἡρόδ. 5. 100, κτλ.˙ δ. καὶ πεζὴ καὶ ἱππικὴ καὶ ναυτική Ξεν. Ἀν. 1. 3, 12. 4) [[δύναμις]], [[ποσότης]], Λατ. vis, χρημάτων δ. Ἡρόδ. 7. 9, πρβλ. Θουκ. 9. 97., 6. 46. ΙΙ. [[δύναμις]], [[ἱκανότης]], αἱ τοῦ σώματος δυνάμεις Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 185Ε˙ ἡ δ. τῆς ὄψεως Πλάτ. Πολ. 532Α˙ ἡ τῶν λεγόντων δ. Δημ. 596. 21˙ [[μετὰ]] γεν. πράγμ. [[ἱκανότης]] διά τι, τῶν ἔργων Ἀριστ. Πολ. 5. 9. 1˙ τοῦ λέγειν ὁ αὐτ. Ῥητ. 1. 6, 14˙ τοῦ λόγου, τῶν λόγων Μένανδ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 52, Ἂλεξ. Ἱππ. 1˙ ἀπόλ., πᾶσα φυσικὴ ἢ ἠθικὴ [[ἱκανότης]], ἣν δύναταί τις νὰ τελειοποιήσῃ διὰ τῆς ἀσκήσεως καὶ μεταχειρισθῇ διὰ καλὸν ἢ διὰ κακόν. Ἀριστ. Τοπ. 4. 5, 9, Μ. Ἠθ. 1.2, 2., 7.2˙ - [[ὡσαύτως]] ἐπὶ τῶν φυσικῶν δυνάμεων φυτῶν, κτλ., αἱ δ. τῶν φυομένων, τῶν σπερμάτων Ξεν. Κύρ. 8. 8, 14, κτλ.˙ ἡ παραγωγὸς [[δύναμις]], τῆς γῆς ὁ αὐτ. Οἰκ. 16, 4˙ μετάλλων ὁ αὐτ. Πόρ. 4, 1. 2) [[δύναμις]], [[τέχνη]], ὡς ἰατρική, λογική, ῥητορική, Ἀριστ. Μεταφ. 4. 12, 11., 8. 2, 1. 3) ἰατρικόν, [[φάρμακον]], Ἱππ. ˙ πρβλ. Bast Γρηγ. σ. 907. ΙΙΙ. ἡ [[δύναμις]] ἢ [[σημασία]] λέξεως, Λυσ. 10. 7, Πλάτ. Κρατ. 394Β, κτλ. 2) ἡ [[ἀξία]] τῶν χρημάτων, Θουκ. 6. 46, πρβλ. 2. 97, Πλούτ. Λυκ. 9, Σόλ. 15. IV. [[ἱκανότης]] εἰς τὸ ὑπάρχειν ἢ ἐνεργεῖν, Λατ. potentia, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὴν πραγματικὴν ὕπαρξιν ἢ ἐνέργειαν ([[ἐνέργεια]], [[ἐντελέχεια]], Ἀριστ. Μεταφ. 8. 6, 9)˙ [[ἐντεῦθεν]], δυνάμει, ὡς ἐπίρρ., [[ὕστερον]] ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει… ἐστὶ Δημ. 32.19˙ κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸ ἐνεργείᾳ, Λατ. actu), Ἀριστ. Ἀν. Ὑστ. 1.24, ἐν τέλ.˙ ἢ πρὸς τὸ ἐντελεχείᾳ, ὁ αὐτ. Μεταφ. 3.5,1 κ. ἀλλ.˙ ἴδε [[ἐνέργεια]] ΙΙ. V. ὡς μαθηματ. ὅρος, potentia, ἐν τῇ γεωμετρίᾳ τὸ τετράγωνον εὐθείας γραμμῆς καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀριθμητικῇ ἰδίως τὸ τετράγωνον ἀριθμοῦ, Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 147D κἑξ.˙ εὐθεῖαι δυνάμει σύμμετροί εἰσιν, [[ὅταν]] τὰ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν τετράγωνα τῷ αὐτῷ χωρίῳ μετρῆται Εὐκλ. 10. Ὁρ. 3˙ πρβλ. [[δύναμαι]] ΙΙ. 4.
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|btext=εως (ἡ) :<br />puissance, <i>càd</i> :<br /><b>I.</b> faculté de pouvoir ; [[εἰς]] δύναμιν [[ὅτι]] [[μάλιστα]] PLAT le plus possible, tout le possible ; πάσῃ δυνάμει ESCHN par tous les moyens possibles ; παρὰ δύναμιν, ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, au delà du possible;<br /><b>II.</b> <i>abs.</i> pouvoir, puissance, force :<br /><b>1</b> force physique ; πὰρ δύναμιν IL au-dessus des forces (de qqn);<br /><b>2</b> force morale (du caractère, de l’intelligence, de la parole, <i>etc.</i>) : ἡ [[τῶν]] λόγων [[δύναμις]] ARSTT puissance de la parole ; <i>abs.</i> faculté, art, science (rhétorique, logique, médecine);<br /><b>3</b> <i>en gén.</i> puissance des choses : [[δύναμις]] [[τῶν]] φυομένων XÉN vertu des plantes ; <i>abs.</i> [[αἱ]] δυνάμεις plantes médicinales ; [[δύναμις]] τῆς γῆς XÉN fécondité de la terre ; <i>de même</i>, valeur d’une monnaie, valeur <i>ou</i> signification d’un mot;<br /><b>4</b> force militaire, forces, troupes ; [[δύναμις]] καὶ πεζὴ καὶ ἱππικὴ καὶ ναυτική XÉN forces en infanterie, en cavalerie et en vaisseaux;<br /><b>III.</b> <i>abs.</i> la puissance, le pouvoir : [[θεῶν]] [[δύναμις]] EUR le pouvoir des dieux ; [[ἐν]] δυνάμει [[εἶναι]] XÉN être puissant.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[δύναμαι]].
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