ἀδυναμέω

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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Full diacritics: ἀδῠνᾰμέω Medium diacritics: ἀδυναμέω Low diacritics: αδυναμέω Capitals: ΑΔΥΝΑΜΕΩ
Transliteration A: adynaméō Transliteration B: adynameō Transliteration C: adynameo Beta Code: a)duname/w

English (LSJ)

to want power, be incapable, LXX Si.Prol., Simp.in Cael. 139.24: c. inf., PLond.2.361r8 (i A. D.).

Spanish (DGE)

(ἀδῠνᾰμέω)
ser incapaz, no poder ἀ. ἐν τῷ λέγειν ser inhábil en el hablar e.e. carecer del don de la palabra E.Fr.928b, cf. LXX Si.praef.
c. inf. γεωργῆσαι POxy.2873.8 (I d.C.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀδυναμέω: δὲν ἔχω δύναμιν, δὲν εἶμαι ἱκανός, Ἑβδ. (Σειράχ. ἐν προλόγῳ).

German (Pape)

nicht können. v.l. für ἀδυνατέω, Plat. Critia. 121b.