force
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
compulsion: P. and V. βία, ἡ, ἀνάγκη, ἡ.
rush: Ar. and P. ῥύμη, ἡ, V. ῥιπή, ἡ.
violence: P. and V. βία, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ, V. τὸ καρτερόν.
strength: P. and V. δύναμις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ. ῥώμη, ἡ, V. σθένος, τό, ἀλκή, ἡ, μένος, τό (also Plato but rare P.).
military force: P. δύναμις, ἡ, παρασκευή, ἡ; see army.
be present in force: P. πλήθει παρεῖναι (Thuc. 8, 22).
in full force: P. πανδημεί, πανστρατίᾳ, παντὶ σθένει, V. πολλῇ χειρί, σὺν πολλῇ χερί.
meaning: P. and V. δύναμις, ἡ, P. διάνοια, ἡ, βούλησις, ἡ.
force of character: P. φύσεως ἰσχύς. ἡ (Thuc. 1, 138).
force of circumstances: ἀνάγκη τῶν πραγμάτων (Andoc. 28).
the same principles you laid down when you brought Timarchus to trial surely may be put into force by others against you: P. ἃ ὡρίσω σὺ δίκαια ὅτε Τίμαρχον ἔκρινες, ταὐτὰ δήπου ταῦτα καὶ κατὰ σοῦ προσήκει τοῖς ἄλλοις ἰσχύειν (Dem. 416).
the force of this argument you can understand from the following: P. τοῦτο ὅσον δύναται, γνοῖτ' ἂν ἐκ τωνδί (Dem. 524).
by force: P. and V. βίᾳ, βιαίως, πρὸς βίαν, ἀνάγκῃ, ἐξ ἀνάγκης, V. ἐκ βίας, κατ' ἰσχύν, σθένει, πρὸς τὸ καρτερόν, πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος.
by force of arms: P. κατὰ κράτος.
in force (of laws, etc.); use adj., P. and V. κύριος.
put in force, exercise, v.: P. and V. χρῆσθαι; (dat.).
be in force: P. and V. ἰσχύειν.
use force: P. and V. βιάζεσθαι; (absol.).
with all one's force, by might and main: P. κατὰ κράτος, Ar. κατὰ τὸ καρτερόν.
verb transitive
compel: P. and V. ἀναγκάζειν, ἐπαναγκάζειν, καταναγκάζειν, βιάζεσθαι, Ar. and P. προσαναγκάζειν, P. καταβιάζεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἐξαναγκάζειν, V. διαβιάζεσθαι.
force (an entrance): P. βιάζεσθαι (acc.) (Thuc. 4, 9).
force one's way: P. βιάζεσθαι (absol.).
force one's way in: Ar. and P. εἰσβιάζεσθαι.
force one's way out: P. βιάζεσθαι εἰς τὰ ἔξω.
force back: see repulse.
force open: see prise.