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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hold power</b> or <b class="b2">lordship, be powerful</b> or <b class="b2">influential</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.82</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>56.12, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ-εῦον</b>, opp. <b class="b3">δῆμος</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.89</span>; ἡ πόλις τῶν λοιπέων ἐδυνάστευε μέγιστον <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.97</span>: c. gen., <b class="b2">to be lord over</b>, Οἰχαλίας <span class="bibl">D.S.4.31</span>: metaph., αἱ ἄλογοι ἡδοναὶ δ. ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Ph.1.19</span>: c. dat., <span class="bibl">Ath.14.624d</span>: generally, <b class="b2">prevail, be prevalent</b>, of a wind, of climate, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>3.5</span>, <b class="b2">Aër</b>. <span class="bibl">12</span>; <b class="b2">to be influential, potent</b>, ἐν τῷ σώματι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VM</span>16</span>, cf. Herophil. ap. Gal.12.619:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be ruled</b>, πρὸς μυρίων <span class="bibl">Ph.2.503</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Math., in Pass., <b class="b2">to be concerned with powers</b> of numbers, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>546b</span>.</span>