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|Definition=δυνατή, δυνατόν, also ός, όν Pi.N.2.14, Apollon. Cit.2:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[strong]], [[mighty]], in body or mind, [[ὅ τι ἦν αὐτῶν δυνατώτατον]] = [[the ablest-bodied men]], Hdt.9.31; [[sound in limb]], opp. [[ἀδύνατος]], Lys.24.12; [[σῶμα]] δ. πρός τι X.Oec.7.23; χερσὶ καὶ ψυχᾷ δ. Pi.N.9.39; τοῖς σώμασι καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς X.Mem.2.1.19; εἴς τι Pl.Hp.Mi.366a; κατά τι ib.366d (Sup.): c. acc., ibid. (Sup.); of [[ship]]s, [[fit for service]], Th.7.60; of things, δυνατώτερον [[ἀδικία]] [[δικαιοσύνη]]ς = [[injustice]] is [[strong]]er than [[justice]] Pl.R.351a; δυνατὸς [[λόγος]] a [[powerful]] [[argument]], Epicur.Ep. 1p.31U.; δυνατὸν [[προτείχισμα]] Plb.10.31.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., [[able]] to [[do]], Hdt. 1.97, etc.; [[λῦσαι]] δυνατός = [[mighty to loose]], Pi.O.10(11).9; [[λέγειν]] τε καὶ [[πράσσειν]] δυνατώτατος Th.1.139, Pl.Prt.319a; δυνατώτατοι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν καὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν [[λειτουργέω|λῃτουργεῖν]] Decr. ap. Arist.Ath.29.5; ἐᾶν τοὺς δ. [[ἄρχειν]] X.Ath.1.3; [[ὅσονπερ]] δ. εἰμι, with inf. omitted, E.Or.523.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of outward power, [[powerful]], [[influential]], S.El.219; τῶν Ἑλλήνων δυνατώτατοι Hdt.1.53; [[οἱ δυνατοί]] = [[the chief men of rank and influence]], Th.2.65; χρήμασι δ. Id.1.13, etc., cf.OGI669.13 (i A. D.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[able to produce]], [[productive]], [[χώρα]] δυνατωτέρα εἰς τὴν καρπῶν [[ἔκφυσις|ἔκφυσιν]] Gp.2.21.5.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[potential]], Arist.Metaph.1048a27.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., of things, [[possible]], οὐ δύνατον γένεσθαι Sapph.Supp.5.21, cf. Hdt.9.111, A.Ag.97 (lyr.), etc.; ὁδὸς δυνατὴ καὶ τοῖς [[ὑποζύγιον|ὑποζυγίοις]] [[πορεύεσθαι]] [[practicable]], X.An.4.1.24; λόγου δ. κατανοῆσαι Pl.Phd.90c; βίον τοῖς πλείστοις κοινωνῆσαι δ. Arist.Pol.1295a30; [[κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν]] = [[as is possible]], [[as far as possible]], Lat. [[quantum fieri possit]], Pl. Cra.422d, D.3.6, etc.; [[ἐς τὸ δυνατόν]] Hdt.3.24; εἰς ὅσον ἀνθρώπῳ δ. μάλιστα Pl.Phdr.277a; ἐκ τῶν δυνατῶν X.An.4.2.23; ἐπὶ τὸ δυνατόν Id.Cyn. 5.8; [[ἐν δυνατῷ εἶναι]] BCH29.172 (Delos, ii B. C.); also [[ὅσον δυνατόν]] E.IA997; ὅσον καθ' ἡμᾶς δυνατόν Id.Ba.183; esp. with Sup., ὡς δυνατὸν πλεῖστον Isoc.12.278; ὡς δ. κακίστους X.Mem.4.5.5; [[γνώμη]] ὡς δ. δικαιοτάτη D.24.13; [[τὰ δυνατά]] = [[things which are practicable]], Th.5.89, cf. Arist. Rh.1359b1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[δυνατῶς]] = [[strongly]], [[powerfully]], εἰπεῖν [[δυνατῶς]] Aeschin. 2.48: Sup. [[δυνατώτατα]] = [[most ably]], Pl.R.516d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[δυνατόν ἔχει]] = [[it is possible]], Hdt.7.11.