ἀδυνατέω
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
of persons,
A to be ἀδύνατος, lack strength, Epich.266, Arist.Somn.Vig.454a27: c. inf., to be unable to do, Hp.de Arte7, Pl.R. 366d, X.Mem.1.2.23, Arist.EN1165b22, Pol.1287b17, etc. II of things, to be impossible, LXX Jb.10.13, Phld.Ir.p.98 W., Ev.Matt.17.20, Ev.Luc.1.37, Ps.-Callisth.3.26.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀδῠνᾰτέω: ἐπὶ προσώπων: εἶμαι ἀδύνατος, δὲν ἔχω δύναμιν, Ἐπιχ. 147, Ahr., Πλάτ. Πολ. 366D, Ἀριστ. περὶ Ἐνυπν. 1. 8: - μετ’ ἀπαρεμ.: εἶμαι ἀνίκανος νά..., Ξεν. Ἀπομ. 1. 2. 23, Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 10. 4, 10, Πολ. 3. 16, 10. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ πραγμάτων: εἶναί τι ἀδύνατον, Εὐαγγ. Ματθ. ιζ΄, 20. Εὐαγγ. Λουκ. α΄, 37· πρβλ. Ἑβδ. (Γέν. ιη΄, 14).
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
être impuissant, être incapable de.
Étymologie: ἀδύνατος.
Spanish (DGE)
1 tener debilidad, no tener fuerza de pers., Hp.Morb.3.5, Arist.Somn.Vig.454a27, ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ Arist.Oec.1343b23, ὑπὸ κόπου καὶ τῶν τραυμάτων Plb.16.33.4, c. dat. τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς PEnteux.26.3 (III a.C.), ταῖς χερσίν LXX Le.25.35, fig., de un arma, Plb.16.33.3.
2 no poder, no tener poder μήτ' αἰσχύνωμαι ἀδυνατῶν παρὰ σοί que no me avergüence de no tener ninguna influencia sobre ti X.HG 3.4.9, ψυχή Plot.2.1.5
•ser incapaz c. ac. de rel. ἀδυνατεῖ οὐδὲν θεός nada es imposible para la divinidad Epich.255
•c. inf. no poder, ser incapaz de καρτερεῖν Hp.de Arte 7, αὐτὸ δρᾶν Pl.R.366d, ἐπισπέσθαι Pl.Phdr.248c, cf. X.Mem.1.2.23, τὰς προειρημένας αἰτίας ἀπολύσασθαι Aeschin.2.2, ἀνασῶσαι Arist.EN 1165b22, διορίζειν Arist.Pol.1287b17, γεωργεῖν UPZ 110.13 (II a.C.), ἑαυτῶ βοηθῆσαι LXX Sap.13.16, c. inf. en constr. pers. οὔτε γὰρ ἀποστάσεις ἀδυνατοῦσι ἐν τῷ περιέχοντι γίνεσθαι τοιαῦται Epicur.Ep.[2] 46, cf. Epicur.Ep.[3] 99
•en constr. impers. ser imposible c. dat. ἀδυνατεῖ σοι οὐδέν LXX Ib.10.13, cf. Eu.Matt.17.20, Eu.Luc.1.37.
3 no poder, carecer de recursos, ID 1416B.2.54, cf. 1.80 (II a.C.).
English (Abbott-Smith)
ἀδυνατέω, -ῶ (< ἀδύνατος), [in LXX: De 17:8, Za 8:6 (פּלא ni.), Jb 42:2 (בּצר ni.), al. ;]
1.Abbott-Smith omits this number to be unable (cl., Philo; π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).
2.In LXX and NT (Kennedy, Sources, 124; Hatch, Essays, 4; Field, Notes, 46 f.), to be impossible: Mt 17:20, Lk 1:37. †
English (Strong)
from ἀδύνατος; to be unable, i.e. (passively) impossible: be impossible.
English (Thayer)
(ῶ: future ἀδυνατήσω; (ἀδύνατος);
a. not to have strength, to be weak; always so of persons in classic Greek
b. a thing ἀδυνατεῖ, cannot be done, is impossible; so only in the Sept. and N. T.: οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει παρά τῷ Θεῷ (τοῦ Θεοῦ L marginal reading T Tr WH) πᾶν ῤῆμα, Sept. παρά, I.
b. cf. Field, Otium Norv. pars iii. at the passage); οὐδέν ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν, Job 42:2).
