A.strong, mighty, in body or mind, ὅ τι ἦν αὐτῶν δυνατώτατον the ablest-bodied men, Hdt.9.31; sound in limb, opp. ἀδύνατος, Lys.24.12; “σῶμα δ. πρός τι” X.Oec.7.23; “χερσὶ καὶ ψυχᾷ δ.” Pi.N.9.39; “τοῖς σώμασι καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς” X.Mem.2.1.19; “εἴς τι” Pl.Hp.Mi.366a; κατά τι ib.366d (Sup.): c. acc., ibid. (Sup.); of ships, fit for service, Th.7.60; of things, “δυνατώτερον ἀδικία δικαιοσύνης” Pl.R.351a; λόγος a powerful argument, Epicur.Ep. 1p.31U.; “δ. προτείχισμα” Plb.10.31.8.
2. c. inf., able to do, Hdt. 1.97, etc.; δ. λῦσαι mighty to loose, Pi.O.10(11).9; “λέγειν τε καὶ πράσσειν-ώτατος” Th.1.139, Pl.Prt.319a; -ώτατοι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν καὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν λῃτουργεῖν Decr. ap. Arist.Ath.29.5; “ἐᾶν τοὺς δ. ἄρχειν” X.Ath.1.3; ὅσονπερ δ. εἰμι, with inf. omitted, E.Or.523.
3. of outward power, powerful, influential, S.El.219; “τῶν Ἑλλήνων δυνατώτατοι” Hdt.1.53; οἱ δ. the chief men of rank and influence, Th.2.65; “χρήμασι δ.” Id.1.13, etc., cf.OGI669.13 (i A. D.).
5. potential, Arist.Metaph.1048a27.
II. Pass., of things, possible, “οὐ δύνατον γένεσθαι” Sapph.Supp.5.21, cf. Hdt.9.111, A.Ag.97 (lyr.), etc.; ὁδὸς δυνατὴ καὶ τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις πορεύεσθαι practicable, X.An.4.1.24; “λόγου δ. κατανοῆσαι” Pl.Phd.90c; “βίον τοῖς πλείστοις κοινωνῆσαι δ.” Arist.Pol.1295a30; κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, quantum fieri possit, Pl. Cra.422d, D.3.6, etc.; “ἐς τὸ δ.” Hdt.3.24; “εἰς ὅσον ἀνθρώπῳ δ. μάλιστα” Pl.Phdr.277a; “ἐκ τῶν δυνατῶν” X.An.4.2.23; “ἐπὶ τὸ δ.” Id.Cyn. 5.8; “ἐν δυνατῷ εἶναι” BCH29.172 (Delos, ii B. C.); also “ὅσον δυνατόν” E.IA997; “ὅσον καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς δ.” Id.Ba.183; esp. with Sup., “ὡς δ. πλεῖστον” Isoc.12.278; “ὡς δ. κακίστους” X.Mem.4.5.5; “γνώμη ὡς δ. δικαιοτάτη” D.24.13; τὰ δ. things which are practicable, Th.5.89, cf. Arist. Rh.1359b1.
