βία
βία, Ion.
βίη [
ῐ], ἡ: Ep. dat.
A). βίηφι Od. 6.6 :—
bodily strength, force,
Hom., etc.;
χειρῶν βία B. 10.91 :—in
Hom., periphr. of strong men,
βίη Ἡρακληείη Il. 2.658 , where the part. masc.
πέρσας follows, cf.
11.690 ;
βίη Ἐτεοκληείη, Ἰφικλείη,
4.386 ,
Od. 11.290 , etc.;
βίη Διομήδεος Il. 5.781 ; also
ἲς .. βίης Ἠρακληείης Hes. Th. 332 : so in Lyr. and Trag.,
Πέλοπος βία B. 5.181 ;
Τυδέως βία, Πολυνείκους β.,
A. Th. 571 ,
577 ;
φίλτατ’ Αἰγίσθου β. Id. Ch. 893 ;
θήρειος β., =
Κένταυροι ,
S. Tr. 1059 .
3). of the mind,
οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσίν Il. 3.45 .
b). of an argument,
βίαν οὐκ ἔχειν πρὸς <τὸ> ἀποδειξαι Phld. Sign. 9 .
2). βίᾳ τινός against one's
will, in spite of him,
A. Th. 746 (lyr.),
S. Ant. 79 ,
Th. 1.43 , etc.;
β. φρενῶν A. Th. 612 ;
β. καρδίας Id. Supp. 798 ;
β. alone as Adv.,
perforce,
Od. 15.231 ,
B. 17.10 ,
A. Pr. 74 , al.;
βίῃ ἐπειρᾶτο Hdt. 6.5 ; opp.
κατὰ φύσιν,
Arist. Ph. 215a1 ; also
πρὸς βίαν τινός A. Eu. 5 ;
πρὸς βίαν ἄγειν τινά Id. Pr. 210 , cf.
S. OT 805 ,
Eup. 8.10 D.,
Ar. V. 443 , etc.; opp.
ἑκών,
Pl. Phdr. 236d ;
ἐκ βίας S. Ph. 563 , al.,
Herod. 5.58 ;
ὑπὸ βίης Hdt. 6.107 ;
ἀπὸ βίας D.S. 20.51 ; of Zeus,
εὐμενεῖ βία κτίσας A. Supp. 1068 (lyr.).
4). = Lat. vis, βίας γραφή D C. 37.31 , cf. 33 ; μαρτύρομαι τὴν βίαν POxy. 1120.11 (iii A. D.). (Cf. Skt. jyā´ jiyā´ 'preponderating power', jināti 'oppress'.)
ShortDef
bodily strength, force, power, might
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Headword (normalized):
βία
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βια
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">βία</span>, Ion. <span class="orth greek">βίη</span> [<span class="foreign greek">ῐ], ἡ</span>: Ep. dat. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">βίηφι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.6 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bodily strength, force</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">χειρῶν βία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:10:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:10.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 10.91 </a> :—in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, periphr. of strong men, <span class="quote greek">βίη Ἡρακληείη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:658" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.658/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.658 </a> , where the part. masc. <span class="foreign greek">πέρσας</span> follows, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:690" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.690/canonical-url/"> 11.690 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">βίη Ἐτεοκληείη, Ἰφικλείη</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.386/canonical-url/"> 4.386 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:290" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.290/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.290 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">βίη Διομήδεος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:781" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.781/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.781 </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">ἲς .. βίης Ἠρακληείης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:332" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:332/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 332 </a> : so in Lyr. and Trag., <span class="quote greek">Πέλοπος βία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 5.181 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Τυδέως βία, Πολυνείκους β.</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:571" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:571/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 571 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:577" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:577/canonical-url/"> 577 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φίλτατ’ Αἰγίσθου β.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:893" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:893/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 893 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">θήρειος β.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">Κένταυροι</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1059" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1059/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1059 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> personified, <span class="quote greek">Κράτος Βία τε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 12 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of the mind, <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσίν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.45 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of an argument, <span class="quote greek">βίαν οὐκ ἔχειν πρὸς <τὸ> ἀποδειξαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg472:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg472:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sign.</span> 9 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">act of violence</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὕβρις τε βίη τε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:329" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.329/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 15.329 </a> : mostly in pl., <span class="quote greek">κείνων γε βίας ἀποτείσεαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.117/canonical-url/"> 11.117 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βίας ὑποδέγμενος ἀνδρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:189" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.189/canonical-url/"> 16.189 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βίαι ἀνέμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:213" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.213/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.213 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">βίᾳ τινός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">against</span> one\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">will, in spite of</span> him, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:746" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:746/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 746 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 79 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.43 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">β. φρενῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:612" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:612/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 612 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">β. καρδίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:798" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:798/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 798 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">β.</span> alone as Adv., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">perforce</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:231" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.231/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 15.231 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:17:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:17.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 17.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 74 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">βίῃ ἐπειρᾶτο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.5 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ φύσιν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:215a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:215a.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 215a1 </a>; also <span class="quote greek">πρὸς βίαν τινός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς βίαν ἄγειν τινά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:210" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:210/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 210 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:805" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:805/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 805 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:8:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:8.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 8.10 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:443/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 443 </a>, etc.; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἑκών</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:236d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:236d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 236d </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐκ βίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:563" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:563/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 563 </a> , al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:5:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:5.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 5.58 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ βίης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.107 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀπὸ βίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:20:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:20.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 20.51 </a> ; of Zeus, <span class="quote greek">εὐμενεῖ βία κτίσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1068" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1068/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 1068 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in Att. law, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rape</span>, <span class="foreign greek">βίας δίκη</span> Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:464e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:464e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 464e </a>; <span class="quote greek">βίᾳ αἰσχύνεσθαί τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 1.32 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> = Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vis</span>, <span class="foreign greek">βίας γραφή</span> D C.<span class="bibl"> 37.31 </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 33 </span>; <span class="quote greek">μαρτύρομαι τὴν βίαν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1120.11 </span> (iii A. D.). (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jyā´ jiyā´</span> \'preponderating power\', <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jināti</span> \'oppress\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}