δυνατός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, also ός, όν Pi.N.2.14, Apollon. Cit.2:—

   A 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 ships, fit for service, Th.7.60; of things, δυνατώτερον ἀδικία δικαιοσύνης Pl.R.351a; λόγος a powerful argument, Epicur.Ep. 1p.31U.; δ. προτείχισμα Plb.10.31.8.    2 c. inf., able to do, Hdt. 1.97, etc.; δ. λῦσαι mighty to loose, Pi.O.10(11).9; λέγειν τε καὶ πράσσειν-ώτατος Th.1.139, Pl.Prt.319a; -ώτατοι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν καὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν λῃτουργεῖν Decr. ap. Arist.Ath.29.5; ἐᾶν τοὺς δ. ἄρχειν X.Ath.1.3; ὅσονπερ δ. εἰμι, with inf. omitted, E.Or.523.    3 of outward power, powerful, influential, S.El.219; τῶν Ἑλλήνων δυνατώτατοι Hdt.1.53; οἱ δ. the chief men of rank and influence, Th.2.65; χρήμασι δ. Id.1.13, etc., cf.OGI669.13 (i A. D.).    4 able to produce, productive, χώρα -ωτέρα εἰς τὴν καρπῶν ἔκφυσιν Gp.2.21.5.    5 potential, Arist.Metaph.1048a27.    II Pass., of things, possible, οὐ δύνατον γένεσθαι Sapph.Supp.5.21, cf. Hdt.9.111, A.Ag.97 (lyr.), etc.; ὁδὸς δυνατὴ καὶ τοῖς 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, quantum fieri possit, Pl. Cra.422d, D.3.6, etc.; ἐς τὸ δ. Hdt.3.24; εἰς ὅσον ἀνθρώπῳ δ. μάλιστα Pl.Phdr.277a; ἐκ τῶν δυνατῶν X.An.4.2.23; ἐπὶ τὸ δ. Id.Cyn. 5.8; ἐν δυνατῷ εἶναι BCH29.172 (Delos, ii B. C.); also ὅσον δυνατόν E.IA997; ὅσον καθ' ἡμᾶς δ. Id.Ba.183; esp. with Sup., ὡς δ. πλεῖστον Isoc.12.278; ὡς δ. κακίστους X.Mem.4.5.5; γνώμη ὡς δ. δικαιοτάτη D.24.13; τὰ δ. things which are practicable, Th.5.89, cf. Arist. Rh.1359b1.    III Adv.-τῶς strongly, powerfully, εἰπεῖν δ. Aeschin. 2.48: Sup. -ώτατα most ably, Pl.R.516d.    2 δ. ἔχει it is possible, Hdt.7.11.