ἀδύνατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[unable]] to do a thing, c. inf., <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.138</span>, <span class="bibl">Epich.272</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>56</span>, etc.; ἀ. εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1379a2</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ὥστε</b> . . <span class="bibl">Onos.1.13</span>: Comp., <b class="b3">τὸν δυνατώτερον τοῦ -ωτέρου [πλέον ἔχειν</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>483d</span>: Sup. -ώτατος, λέγειν <span class="bibl">Eup.95</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[without strength]], [[powerless]], [[weakly]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.9</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>596</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>746</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀ</b>. men [[disabled for service]], whether as [[invalids]] or [[paupers]], Lys.24 tit., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>49.4</span>; ἐν τοῖς ἀ. μισθοφορεῖν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.103</span>; ἀ. σώματι <span class="bibl">Lys.2.73</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. χρήμασι</b> [[poor]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.28</span>; [[εἴς]] τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>366b</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ -ώτατοι</b> persons [[of no importance]], Phld.<span class="title">Herc.</span> 1457.8; of ships, [[disabled]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.16</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀ</b>. [[want of strength]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>296a</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀ</b>. [[disabilities]], <span class="bibl">D.18.108</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[impossible]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>665</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1043</span>; [[ἐλπίδες]] [[unrealizable]], <span class="bibl">Democr.58</span>; τὸ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>280b12</span>; ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀ. ἀπαγωγή [[reductio ad impossibile]], [[APr]]. <span class="bibl">29b5</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. συλλογισμός, ἡ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. δεῖξις</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">34b30</span>, <span class="bibl">45a35</span>; ἀδύνατα βούλομαι <span class="bibl">Lync.1.12</span>:—<b class="b3">ἀδύνατόν [ἐστι</b>] c. inf., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἀδύνατά [ἐστι</b>] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.91</span>, <span class="bibl">6.106</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.59</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ὑμῖν ὥστε</b> . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>338c</span>; ὑμέας καταλελάβηκε ἀ. τι βοηθέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.60</span>; τὰ ἀ. καρτερεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1370</span>; τολμᾶν ἀδύνατα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>811</span>; ἀδυνάτων ἐρᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>318</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>8</span>, etc.; prov., ἀδύνατα θηρᾷς <span class="bibl">Macar.1.26</span>: Comp. <b class="b3">-ώτερον, ἔτι . . εἰ οἷόν τε</b> . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>192b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prm.</span>138d</span>: Sup., ὃ δὴ πάντων -ώτατον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>15b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-τως</b> [[without power]] or [[skill]], [[feebly]], ἀμύνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.3.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.3.4</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Lys.12.3</span>:—<b class="b3">ἀ. ἔχειν</b> to be [[unwell]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>364b</span>; to be [[unable]], c. inf., <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1435a16</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἔχει</b> it is [[impossible]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.49U.</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. λέγεται</b> it is an [[impossible]] story, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.122 S.—Rare in poetry: Trag. only in E.</span>