A.strong, esp. of personal strength, S.Ph.945, E.Fr.290, etc.; of things, “ἰ. βέλος” Alc.15.4; “ῥεύματα” Hdt.8.12; ἰ. χθών hard, A.Pers.310; of food, indigestible, Hp.Art.50; of taste, strong, Thphr.HP7.6.1; of armies, “ἰσχυροτέρα φάλαγξ” X.Cyr.7.1.30; of places, Th.4.9, X.An.4.6.11, etc.; “τῆς χώρης τὸ -ότατον” Hdt.1.76; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἰ., opp. τὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἰ., X.Eq.Mag.8.24; τὰ ἰσχυρότατα your strongest points, Th.5.111; τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἰ. that in which the strength of the state lies, Aeschin.3.66; ὁρῶντες οὐδὲν ἰ. ἀπὸ τῶν Λεσβίων no show of strength, Th.3.6; ἰ. τι πρὸς τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἔχειν a strong point, Men.Epit.130; “-ότατον τεκμήριον” SIG685.84 (Crete, ii B.C.).
2. powerful, “ἄλοχος Διός” A.Supp.302; “πόλις” E.Supp.447; “θεός” Ar.Pl.946; “ἰ. τὸ πολλόν” Hdt.1.136; “οἱ ἰ. ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν” X.Ath. 1.14: Comp. “-ότερος, ἐς πειθώ” Democr.51; “ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος -ότερός μου ἐστίν” Ev.Matt.3.11.
3. forcible, violent, severe, σιτοδείη, ψύχη, Hdt.1.94,4.29; “λιμός” Ev.Luc.15.14; “ἀναγκαίη” Hdt.1.74; αἱ λίαν ἰ. τιμωρίαι violent, excessive, Id.4.205; ὅρκος -ότατος, ἀνάγκαι -όταται, Antipho 5.11, 6.25; “νόσημα” Hp.Acut.(Sp.）4; “βήξ” Th.2.49; γέλως, ἐπιθυμίαι, etc., Pl.R.388e, 560b, etc.; νόμος ἰ. severe, Hdt.7.102, Lys.15.9; “ἔχθρα” Pl.Phdr.233c; γνώμη -οτέρη more positive, Hdt.9.41; τρόπῳ ᾧ ἂν δύνωνται -οτάτῳ Foed. ap. Th.5.23; κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρόν by main force, opp. δόλῳ, Hdt.4.201, cf.9.2.
4. of literary style, vigorous, D.H.Comp.22; also of syllables, strong, ib.16; στάσεις λαμβάνειν ἰ. ib.22.
2. very much, exceedingly, with Adjs., Hdt.4.108; ἔθνος μέγα ἰ. ib.183; “διώρυγες ἰ. βαθεῖαι” X.An.[1.7.15], etc.; “ἰ. χλωρόν” Hp.Prog.11; κίνησις νωθὴς ἰ. Arist.HA503b9; “ἰ. φιλοπλάτων” Phld.Ind Sto.61: with Verbs, ἰ. ἥδεσθαι, ἀνιᾶσθαι, X.Cyr.8.3.44; ἀπήγγειλεν ὅτι πάντα δοκοίη ἰ. τῷ εὐνούχῳ ib.5.3.15: Comp. “-οτέρως” Heraclit.114, Hdt.3.129; “-ότερον” X.Cyr.4.5.12, etc.: Sup., in answers, ἰσχυρότατά γε most certainly, Id.Oec.1.15.
