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verb intransitive

be able: P. and V. δύναμαι, δύνασθαι, ἔχειν; see able.

as a mild form of command: use V. ἄν (with optative).

might have: see may have, under may.

as might well have been, as is probable: P. and V. ὡς εἰκός.

you might have, it was open to you: P. and V. ἐξῆν σοι (infin.), παρῆν σοι (infin.), παρεῖχέ σοι (infin.); see under open.

but for so and so the Phocians might have been saved: P. εἰ μὴ διὰ τὸ καὶ τὸ ἐσώθησαν ἂν οἱ Φωκεῖς (Dem. 364).

substantive

strength: P. and V. δύναμις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ, ῥώμη, ἡ, V. σθένος, τό, ἀλκή, ἡ, μένος, τό (also Plato but rare P.); see strength.

power, authority: P. and V. κράτος, τό. δύναμις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ, ἐξουσία, ἡ. V. σθένος, τό.

rule: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κράτος, τό.

with might and main: P. κατὰ κράτος, παντὶ σθένει. Ar. κατὰ τὸ καρτερόν; see vigorously.

might, as opposed to right: P. and V. βία, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ, τὸ καρτερόν.