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|Definition=[v. sub fin.], ύος, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[strength]] of body, Hes.''Th.''146, 823, etc.; ἀκμαὶ ἰσχύος Pi.''O.''1.96; δεινὸν ἰσχύος θράσος S.''Ph.''104; τὴν ἰ. δεινὰ καὶ τὴν ῥώμην Pl.''Smp.''190b; πρὸς ἰσχὺν ὀφθαλμοὶ ἄριστα πεφυκότες X.''Smp.''5.5: pl., ἰσχύες καὶ ἀσθένειαι Pl.''R.''618d; κατὰ σωμάτων ἰσχῦς καὶ εὐμορφίας Id.''Lg.''744c; of places, ἰσχὺς γῆς S.''OC''610; of a fortified place, Th.4.35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[might]], [[power]], [[θεοῦ]], [[θεῶν]], A.''Th.''226 (lyr.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 118; ἰ. βασιλεία A.''Pers.''590 (lyr.), cf. 12(anap.); <b class="b3">ὅπου γὰρ ἰ. συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκη</b> [[might]] and right, Id.''Fr.''381; <b class="b3">φύσεως ἰσχύς</b>, of [[Themistocles]], Th. 1.138; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μέγα ἐλθεῖν ἰσχύος</b> to a great height of [[power]], Id.2.97, cf. 1.85, etc.; παρὰ ἰσχὺν τῆς δυνάμεως Id.7.66; <b class="b3">ἰσχὺς μάχης</b> fighting [[power]], Id.2.97; ἰ. τῆς ἐλπίδος Id.4.65, cf. 2.62; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν νόμων ἰ.</b> ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''67.14 (iv A.D.); [[validity]], PGrenf.2.71ii11 (iii A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[brute force]], [[κατ' ἰσχύν]] = [[perforce]], opp. [[δόλῳ]], A.''Pr.''214; πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος S.''Ph.'' 594; πρὸς ἰσχύος χάριν E.''Med.''538; ὑπὸ τῆς ἰσχύος Epicr.3.10; κατέχοντες ἰσχύϊ τὸ πλῆθος Th.3.62; εἴ τι ἰσχύϊ πράττεται, ἰσχυρῶς πράττεται Pl.''Prt.''332b.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[motive force]], Arist.''Ph.''250a6; <b class="b3">ἡ κινοῦσα ἰ.</b> Id.''Cael.''275b20, al.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Lit. Crit., [[vigour]] of style, D.H.''Pomp.''3, ''Comp.'' 2,al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Tactics, the [[main body]] of troops, οὔπω ἡ ἰ. πάρεστιν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.19. [ῠ in gen., etc.: in nom. and acc. sg. ῠ in Pi.''N.''11.31 (acc.): ῡ in Trag. and Com., A.''Th.''1080 (anap.), ''Ch.''721 (anap.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''118, Men.449.] (Perh. ϝισχύς, cf. [[βίσχυν]], [[γισχύν]].)