σθένω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=used only in pres. and impf., Trag. Verb, found also in late Ep., and in later Prose, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ma.</span>3.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.31</span>: (σθένος):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to have strength</b> or [[might]], [[be strong]] or [[mighty]], <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοντά γε εἷλέν με</b> <b class="b2">in my strength</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>947</span>; σθενόντων βραχιόνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>312</span>: c. dat. modi, <b class="b3">σ. χερί, χειρί, ποσίν</b>, <b class="b2">to be strong</b> in hand, in foot, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>998</span>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Cyc.</span>651</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>267</span> (lyr.); also <b class="b3">σ. μάχῃ, χρήμασι</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1048.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>939</span>; σθένοντος ἐν πλούτῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>488</span>: freq. with a neut. Adj., <b class="b3">μέγα, μεῖζον σ</b>., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>938</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>1013</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>846</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσον σ</b>. how [[strong]] it [[is]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Eu.</span>619</span>; σ. τοσοῦτον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1062</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσονπερ ἂν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>946</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>927</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ὅσον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1403</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">to have power</b>, <b class="b3">εἴ τις ἄλλος ἐν πόλει σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>456</span>; <b class="b3">πόλις σθένουσα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">734</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ κάτω σθένοντες</b> <b class="b2">they who rule</b> below, the gods below, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of things, σθένουσα λαμπάς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>296</span>; ἀστραπαῖσι λαμπάδων σθένει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>386</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., <b class="b2">to have strength</b> or [[power]] to do, <b class="b2">be able</b>, mostly with a neg. <b class="b3">οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.62</span>, LXX l.c.; <b class="b3">προσβλέπειν γὰρ οὐ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>1486</span>; οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοι δέμας ἕρπειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>501</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">256</span>, <span class="bibl">1345</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span> 165</span> (anap.), etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ σιγᾶν οὐ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>655</span>: with inf. understood, τόδ', εἴπερ ἔσθενον, ἔδρων ἄν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>604</span>; <b class="b3">εἶμι . . ὅποιπερ ἂν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>810</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> c. acc., βάρος οὐκέτι χεῖρες ἔσθενον <span class="title">AP</span>6.93 (Antip.).</span>