δύνᾰμις [ῠ], ἡ,
genitive εως,
Ionic dialect ιος,
Ionic dialect dative δυνάμι: (δύναμαι):—
power, might, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], especially of
bodily strength, εἴ μοι δ. γε παρείη [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally,
strength, power, ability to do anything, πὰρ δύναμιν beyond one's
strength, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to κατὰ δ. as far as
lies in one, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2 outward power, influence, authority, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν δ. εἶναι, γενέσθαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3 force for war, forces, δ. ἀνδρῶν [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; μετὰ δυνάμεων ἱκανῶν Wilcken [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δ. καὶ πεζὴ καὶ ἱππικὴ καὶ ναυτική [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέντε δυνάμεσι πεφρουρημένον, of the five projecting rows of sarissae in the phalanx, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
4 a power, quantity, χρημάτων δ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
5 means, κατὰ δύναμιν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to παρὰ δ., [
NT]
II power, faculty, capacity, αἱ ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα δ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
genitive of things,
capacity for, τῶν ἔργων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦ λόγου, τῶν λόγων, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
absolutely, any
natural capacity or
faculty, that may be improved and may be used for good or ill, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2 elementary force, such as heat, cold, etc., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ θερμοῦ δ.[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2.b property, quality, ἰδίην δύναμιν καὶ φύσιν ἔχειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the
natural properties of plants, etc., αἱ δ. τῶν φυομένων, τῶν σπερμάτων, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
productive power, τῆς γῆς [
Refs]: generally,
function, faculty, δύναμις φυσική, ζωική, ψυχική, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; περὶ φυσικῶν δ., title of work by Galen.
II.2.c in
plural,
agencies, ὑπάρχειν ἐν τῇ φύσει τὰς τοιαύτας δυνάμεις (i.e. the gods) Polystr.p.10 W.
II.2.d function, meaning, of part in whole, [
Refs]
II.2.e in Music,
function, value, of a note in the scale, δ. ἐστι τάξις φθόγγου ἐν συστήματι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μέση κατὰ δύναμιν, opposed to κατὰ θέσιν, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3 faculty, art, or
craft, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. σκεπτική the
doctrine of the Sceptics, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4 a medicine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in
plural,
collection of formulae or
prescriptions, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.4.b action of medicines, περὶ τῆς ἁπλῶν φαρμάκων δ., title of work by Galen; also,
potency, δυνάμει θερμά, ψυχρά, [
Refs]
II.5 magically potent substance or
object, [
Refs]: in
plural,
magical powers, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III force or
meaning of a word, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.b phonetic
value of sounds or letters, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III.2 worth or
value of money, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV capability of existing or
acting, potentiality, opposed to
actuality (ἐνέργεια), [
Refs 4th c.BC+] as
adverb,
virtually, ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει.. ἐστί [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐνεργείᾳ, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐντελεχείᾳ, [
Refs]
V in Mathematics texts,
power, κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἡ ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ λέγεται δ. [
Refs]; usually
second power, square, κατὰ δύναμιν in
square, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] a line
the square on which is equal to an area, ἡ BA ἐλάσσων ἐστὶν ἢ διπλασίων δυνάμει τῆς AK the
square on BA is less than double of the
square on AK, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+] commensurable
in square, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἡ δυνάμει δεκάς the series 12 + 22... + 102, [
Refs]
V.b square number, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.c square of an unknown quantity [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
V.2 square root of a number which is not a perfect square,
surd, opposed to μῆκος, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.3 product of two numbers, ἡ ἀμφοῖν (i.e. τριάδος καὶ δυάδος) δ. ἑξάς [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; δυνάμει
in product, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
VI concrete,
powers, especially of divine beings, αἱ δ. τῶν οὐρανῶν [
LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]; πολυώνυμος δ., of God, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VII manifestation of divine power, miracle, [
NT]
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