ἰσχυρίζομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. ἰσχυρῐοῦμαι Lys.6.35, Isoc.17.24: aor. ἰσχῡρῐσάμην Th.5.26, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 489c:—[[make oneself strong]], [[be strong]], <b class="b3">ἰσχυριζόμενος ὑφ' ἵππων σίδηρος</b> [[gaining force]] from the [[impetus]] of the [[horse]]s, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.4.18.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[use one's strength]], <b class="b3">τῷ σώματι</b> Pl.l.c.; especially in overcoming resistance, πρὸς τὸ πολὺ ἧττον Arist.''Pr.''951a13; εἰς τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς Id.''EN''1124b23; [[contend stoutly]], ὑπὲρ ἄθλων Ael.''NA'' 15.15; [[persist]] or [[continue obstinately in]] doing... c. part., Th.7.49: abs., ibid.; esp. by word of mouth, [[maintain stiffly]], [[obstinately]], c. acc. et inf., Id.3.44, Is.11.1; ταῦτα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 495b; ὅτι... ὡς.. Th. 4.23,6.55, Pl.''Tht.''172b; περί τινος Id.''Sph.''249c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[put firm trust in]] a thing, [[rely on]] it, τῷ ξυνῷ πάντων Heraclit.114; λόγῳ Lys.6.35; διαθήκαις Is.1.3; τῷ νόμῳ Hyp.''Eux.''4, D.33.27; παρασκευῇ Id.44.3, cf. Isoc.17.24; [[feel confidence]], Antipho 5.76.