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[[with might and main]]: [[prose|P.]] [[κατὰ κράτος]], [[παντὶ σθένει]]. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[κατὰ τὸ καρτερόν]]; see [[vigorously]]. | [[with might and main]]: [[prose|P.]] [[κατὰ κράτος]], [[παντὶ σθένει]]. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[κατὰ τὸ καρτερόν]]; see [[vigorously]]. | ||
[[might]], | [[might]], as opposed to [[right]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βία]], ἡ, [[ἰσχύς]], ἡ, [[τὸ καρτερόν]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:00, 20 February 2023
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
be able: P. and V. δύναμαι, δύνασθαι, ἔχειν; see able.
as a mild form of command: use V. ἄν (with optative).
might have: see may have, under may.
as might well have been, as is probable: P. and V. ὡς εἰκός.
you might have, it was open to you: P. and V. ἐξῆν σοι (infin.), παρῆν σοι (infin.), παρεῖχέ σοι (infin.); see under open.
but for so and so the Phocians might have been saved: P. εἰ μὴ διὰ τὸ καὶ τὸ ἐσώθησαν ἂν οἱ Φωκεῖς (Dem. 364).
substantive
strength: P. and V. δύναμις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ, ῥώμη, ἡ, V. σθένος, τό, ἀλκή, ἡ, μένος, τό (also Plato but rare P.); see strength.
power, authority: P. and V. κράτος, τό. δύναμις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ, ἐξουσία, ἡ. V. σθένος, τό.
rule: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κράτος, τό.
with might and main: P. κατὰ κράτος, παντὶ σθένει. Ar. κατὰ τὸ καρτερόν; see vigorously.
might, as opposed to right: P. and V. βία, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ, τὸ καρτερόν.
