ἰσχύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[v. sub fin.], ύος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[strength]] of body, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>146</span>, <span class="bibl">823</span>, etc.; ἀκμαὶ ἰσχύος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.96</span>; δεινὸν ἰσχύος θράσος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>104</span>; τὴν ἰ. δεινὰ καὶ τὴν ῥώμην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>190b</span>; πρὸς ἰσχὺν ὀφθαλμοὶ ἄριστα πεφυκότες <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>5.5</span>: pl., ἰσχύες καὶ ἀσθένειαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>618d</span>; κατὰ σωμάτων ἰσχῦς καὶ εὐμορφίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>744c</span>; of places, ἰσχὺς γῆς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>610</span>; of a fortified place, <span class="bibl">Th.4.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[might]], [[power]], <b class="b3">θεοῦ, θεῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>226</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 118</span>; ἰ. βασιλεία <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>590</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">12</span>(anap.); <b class="b3">ὅπου γὰρ ἰ. συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκη</b> [[might]] and right, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>381</span>; <b class="b3">φύσεως ἰ</b>., of Themistocles, <span class="bibl">Th. 1.138</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μέγα ἐλθεῖν ἰσχύος</b> to a great height [[of power]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.97</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.85</span>, etc.; παρὰ ἰσχὺν τῆς δυνάμεως <span class="bibl">Id.7.66</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. μάχης</b> fighting [[power]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.97</span>; ἰ. τῆς ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">Id.4.65</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.62</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν νόμων ἰ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>67.14</span> (iv A.D.); [[validity]], PGrenf.2.71ii11 (iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[brute force]], <b class="b3">κατ' ἰσχύν</b> [[perforce]], opp. [[δόλῳ]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>214</span>; πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 594</span>; πρὸς ἰσχύος χάριν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>538</span>; ὑπὸ τῆς ἰσχύος <span class="bibl">Epicr.3.10</span>; κατέχοντες ἰσχύϊ τὸ πλῆθος <span class="bibl">Th.3.62</span>; εἴ τι ἰσχύϊ πράττεται, ἰσχυρῶς πράττεται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>332b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[motive force]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>250a6</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ κινοῦσα ἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>275b20</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> in Lit. Crit., [[vigour]] of style, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Comp.</span> 2</span>,al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in Tactics, the [[main body]] of troops, οὔπω ἡ ἰ. πάρεστιν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.19</span>. [ῠ in gen., etc.: in nom. and acc. sg. ῠ in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.31</span> (acc.): ῡ in Trag. and Com., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1080</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>721</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Aj.</span>118</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.449</span>.] (Perh. [[ϝισχύς]], cf. <b class="b3">βίσχυν, γισχύν</b>.)</span>