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δυνατός adj1 adj2 δύναμαι

I.strong, mighty, able, esp. in body, τὸ δυνατώτατον the ablest-bodied men, Hdt.:—of ships, fit for service, Thuc.
2.c. inf. able to do, Hdt., etc.
3.powerful, id=Hdt.; οἱ δυνατοί the chief men of rank and influence, Thuc.
II.pass., of things, possible, Lat. quod fieri possit, Hdt., etc.:— δυνατόν [ἐστι], c. inf., id=Hdt., Aesch., etc.; ὁδὸς δυνατὴ καὶ τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις πορεύεσθαι practicable, Xen.: —κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, quantum fieri possit, Plat., etc.; so, ἐς τὸ δ. Hdt.; ὅσον δυνατόν Eur., etc.
III.adv. -τῶς, strongly, powerfully, Aeschin.; δ. ἔχει it is possible, Hdt.

1 du^na^t os_h_on suff_acc

2 du^na^t os_on suff_acc

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