σθένω: Difference between revisions

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