δύναμις
δύναμις [ ῠ], ἡ, gen. εως, Ion. ιος, Ion. dat. δυνάμι : ( δύναμαι):—
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Op. 336", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:336" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36551", "data": { "quote": "εἰς δύναμιν", "ref": "Cratin. 172", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001.perseus-grc2:172" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36552", "data": { "quote": "πρὸς τὴν δ.", "ref": "Id. Phdr. 231a", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:231a" } } ], "children": [ { "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-0", "children": [ { "label": "2", "definition": "<i>outward power, influence, authority,</i> A. Pers. 174 (anap.), Ag. 779 (lyr.); καταπαύσαντα τὴν Κύρου δ. Hdt. 1.90; δυνάμει προὔχοντες Th. 7.21, etc.; ἐν δ. εἶναι, γενέσθαι, X. 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EE 1243b12; opp. παρὰ δ., 2 Ep.Cor. 8.3; κατὰ δ. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων BGU 1051.17 (Aug.).", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-0-3", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36558", "data": { "quote": "κατὰ δύναμιν", "ref": "Arist. EE 1243b12", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg009:1243b.perseus-grc2.12" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36559", "data": { "quote": "κατὰ δ. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων", "ref": "BGU 1051.17", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,BGU:1051.17" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "II", "definition": "<i>power, faculty, capacity,</i> αἱ ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα δ. Hp. VM 14; αἱ τοῦ σώματος δυνάμεις Pl. Tht. 185e; ἡ τῆς ὄψεως δ. Id. R. 532a; ἡ τῶν λεγόντων δ. D. 22.11: c. gen. rei, <i>capacity for,</i> τῶν ἔργων Arist. Pol. 1309a35; τοῦ λέγειν Id. Rh. 1362b22; τοῦ λόγου, τῶν λόγων, Men. 578, Alex. 94; δ. στρατηγική Plb. 1.84.6; δ. ἐν πραγματείᾳ Id. 2.56.5; δ. συνθετική D.H. Comp. 2: abs., any <i>natural capacity</i> or <i>faculty,</i> that may be improved and may be used for good or ill, Arist. Top. 126a37, cf. MM 1183b28.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36560", "data": { "quote": "αἱ ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα δ.", "ref": "Hp. VM 14", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36561", "data": { "quote": "αἱ τοῦ σώματος δυνάμεις", "ref": "Pl. Tht. 185e", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:185e" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36562", "data": { "quote": "ἡ τῆς ὄψεως δ.", "ref": "Id. R. 532a", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:532a" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36563", "data": { "quote": "ἡ τῶν λεγόντων δ.", "ref": "D. 22.11", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg022.perseus-grc2:11" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36564", "data": { "quote": "τῶν ἔργων", "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1309a35", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1309a.perseus-grc2.35" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36565", "data": { "quote": "τοῦ λέγειν", "ref": "Id. Rh. 1362b22", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038:1362b.perseus-grc2.22" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36566", "data": { "quote": "δ. στρατηγική", "ref": "Plb. 1.84.6", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:1.84.perseus-grc2.6" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36567", "data": { "quote": "δ. ἐν πραγματείᾳ", "ref": "Id. 2.56.5", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:2.56.perseus-grc2.5" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36568", "data": { "quote": "δ. συνθετική", "ref": "D.H. Comp. 2", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012.perseus-grc2:2" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "2", "definition": "<i>elementary force,</i> such as heat, cold, etc., Hp. VM 16, Arist. PA 646a14; ἡ τοῦ θερμοῦ δ. ib. 650a5; θερμαντικὴ δ. Epicur. Fr. 60, cf. Polystr. p.23 W.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36569", "data": { "quote": "θερμαντικὴ δ.", "ref": "Epicur. Fr. 60", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003.perseus-grc2:60" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "b", "definition": "<i>property, quality,</i> ἰδίην δύναμιν καὶ φύσιν ἔχειν Hp. VM 13, cf. Nat.Hom. 5, Vict. 1.10; esp. of the <i>natural properties</i> of plants, etc., αἱ δ. τῶν φυομένων, τῶν σπερμάτων, X. Cyr. 8.8.14, Thphr. HP 8.11.1; <i>productive power,</i> τῆς γῆς X. Oec. 16.4; μετάλλων Id. Vect. 4.1: generally, <i>function, faculty,</i> δύναμις φυσική, ζωική, ψυχική, Gal. 10.635; περὶ φυσικῶν δ., title of work by Galen.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36570", "data": { "quote": "ἰδίην δύναμιν καὶ φύσιν ἔχειν", "ref": "Hp. VM 13", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36571", "data": { "quote": "τῆς γῆς", "ref": "X. Oec. 16.4", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc2:16.4" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36572", "data": { "quote": "μετάλλων", "ref": "Id. Vect. 4.1", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg011.perseus-grc2:4.1" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "c", "definition": "<i>agencies,</i> ὑπάρχειν ἐν τῇ φύσει τὰς τοιαύτας δυνάμεις (sc. the gods) Polystr. p.10 W.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-0-1", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "d", "definition": "<i>function, meaning,</i> of part in whole, Id. p.17 W.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-0-2", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "e", "definition": "<i>function, value,</i> of a note in the scale, δ. ἐστι τάξις φθόγγου ἐν συστήματι Cleonid. Harm. 14, cf. Aristox. Harm. p.69M.; μέση κατὰ δύναμιν, opp. κατὰ θέσιν, Ptol. Harm. 2.5.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-0-3", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36573", "data": { "quote": "δ. ἐστι τάξις φθόγγου ἐν συστήματι", "ref": "Cleonid. Harm. 14", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0361.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "<i>faculty, art,</i> or <i>craft,</i> Pl. R. 532d, Arist. Metaph. 1018a30, EN 1094a10, Arr. Epict. 1.1.1; δ. σκεπτική the <i>doctrine</i> of the Sceptics, S.E. M. 7.1.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-1", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "4", "definition": "<i>a medicine,</i> Timostr. 7, etc.; δ. ἁπλαῖ Hp. Decent. 9, Aret. CD 1.4, etc.; δ. πολυφάρμακοι Plu. Pyth. 2.403c, Gal. 13.365: in pl., <i>collection of formulae</i> or <i>prescriptions,</i> Orib. 10.33.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-2", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36574", "data": { "quote": "δ. ἁπλαῖ", "ref": "Hp. Decent. 9", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg050.perseus-grc2:9" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36575", "data": { "quote": "δ. πολυφάρμακοι", "ref": "Plu. Pyth. 2.403c", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg091.perseus-grc2:403c" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "b", "definition": "<i>action</i> of medicines, περὶ τῆς ἁπλῶν φαρμάκων δ., title of work by Galen; also, <i>potency,</i> δυνάμει θερμά, ψυχρά, Id. 1.672, al.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-2-0", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "5", "definition": "<i>magically potent substance</i> or <i>object,</i> PMag.Leid.V. 8.12: in pl., <i>magical powers,</i> Hld. 4.7.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-1-3", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "III", "definition": "<i>force</i> or <i>meaning</i> of a word, Lys. 10.7, Pl. Cra. 394b, Diog.Oen. 12, Phld. Sign. 31, etc.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-2", "citations": [], "children": [ { "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-2-0", "children": [ { "label": "b", "definition": "<i>value</i> of sounds or letters, Plb. 10.47.8, D.H. Comp. 12, Luc. Jud.Voc. 5, etc.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-2-0-0", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "<i>worth</i> or <i>value</i> of money, Th. 6.46, 2.97, Plu. Lyc. 9, Sol. 15.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-2-1", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "IV", "definition": "<i>capability of existing</i> or <i>acting, potentiality,</i> opp. <i>actuality</i> ( ἐνέργεια), Arist. Metaph. 1047b31, 1051a5, etc.: hence δυνάμει as Adv., <i>virtually,</i> ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει . . ἐστί D. 3.15; opp. ἐνεργείᾳ, Arist. APo. 86a28, al.; opp. ἐντελεχείᾳ, Id. Ph. 193b8, al.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-3", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36576", "data": { "quote": "ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει . . ἐστί", "ref": "D. 3.15", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc2:15" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "V", "definition": "<i>power,</i> κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἡ ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ λέγεται δ. Id. Metaph. 1019b33; usu. <i>second power, square,</i> κατὰ δύναμιν in <i>square,</i> Pl. Ti. 54b, cf. Theol.Ar. 11, etc.: chiefly in dat., [ εὐθεῖα] δυνάμει ἴση a line <i>the square</i> on which is equal to an area, ἡ BA ἐλάσσων ἐστὶν ἢ διπλασίων δυνάμει τῆς AK the <i>square</i> on BA is less than double of the <i>square</i> on AK, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.9: εὐθεῖαι δ. σύμμετροι commensurable <i>in square,</i> Euc. 10 Def. 2; ἡ δυνάμει δεκάς the series 12 + 22 . . . + 102, Theol.Ar. 64.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-4", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36577", "data": { "quote": "κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἡ ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ λέγεται δ.", "ref": "Id. Metaph. 1019b33", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025:1019b.perseus-grc2.33" } } ], "children": [ { "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-4-0", "children": [ { "label": "b", "definition": "<i>square number,</i> Pl. Ti. 32a.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-4-0-0", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "c", "definition": "<i>square</i> of an unknown quantity ( x2), Dioph. Def. 2, al.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-4-0-1", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "<i>square root</i> of a number which is not a perfect square, <i>surd,</i> opp. μῆκος, Pl. Tht. 147d.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-4-1", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "<i>product</i> of two numbers, ἡ ἀμφοῖν (sc. τριάδος καὶ δυάδος) δ. ἑξάς Ph. 1.3, cf. Iamb. in Nic. p.108 P.; δυνάμει <i>in product,</i> Hero Metr. 1.15, Theol.Ar. 33.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-4-2", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36578", "data": { "quote": "δ. ἑξάς", "ref": "Ph. 1.3", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.3" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "VI", "definition": "<i>powers,</i> esp. of divine beings, αἱ δ. τῶν οὐρανῶν LXX Is. 34.4, cf. 1 Ep.Pet. 3.22, al., Ph. 1.587, Corp.Herm. 1.26, Porph. Abst. 2.34: sg., Act.Ap. 8.10, PMag.Par. 1.1275; πολυώνυμος δ., of God, Secund. Sent. 3.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-5", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-36579", "data": { "quote": "αἱ δ. τῶν οὐρανῶν", "ref": "LXX Is. 34.4", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048.perseus-grc2:34.4" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "VII", "definition": "<i>manifestation of divine power, miracle,</i> Ev.Matt. 11.21, al., Buresch Aus Lydien 113, etc.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n28569-0-0-6", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] } ] } ], "key": "du/na^mis", "type": "main" }