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ἰσχυ_ρ-ίζομαι , fut.
A.“-ι^οῦμαι” Lys.6.35, Isoc.17.24: aor. “ἰσχυ_ρι^σάμην” Th.5.26, Pl.Grg.489c:—make oneself strong, be strong, ἰσχυριζόμενος ὑφ᾽ ἵππων σίδηρος gaining force from the impetus of the horses, X.Cyr.6.4.18.
II. use one's strength, τῷ σώματι Pl.l.c.; esp. in overcoming resistance, “πρὸς τὸ πολὺ ἧττον” Arist.Pr.951a13; “εἰς τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς” Id.EN1124b23; 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” Pl.Grg.495b; “ὅτι . . , ὡς . . ” Th. 4.23,6.55, Pl.Tht.172b; “περί τινος” Id.Sph.249c.
2. 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.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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