σθένος
σθένος,
εος,
τό,
A). strength, might, esp.
bodily strength, freq. in
Il., less freq. in
Od.;
κάρτεΐ τε σθένεΐ τε Il. 17.329 ;
ἀλκῆς καὶ σθένεος ib.
499 ;
χερσίν τε ποσίν τε καὶ σθένει 20.361 ;
ποδῶν χειρῶν τε ς.
Pi. N. 10.48 ; opp.
φρήν, ib.
1.26 ;
γνῶμαι πλέον κρατοῦσιν ἢ σθένος χερῶν S. Fr. 939 : c.inf.,
ἐν δὲ ς. ὦρσεν ἑκάστῳ .. πολεμίζειν strength to war,
Il. 2.451 ;
ς. ποιεῖν εὖ φερέγγυον A. Eu. 87 ;
ς. ὥστε καθελεῖν E. Supp. 66 (lyr.): less freq. of the
force of things, as of a stream,
Il. 17.751 ;
ς. ἀελίου Pi. P. 4.144 ;[
ἄρουραι] σθένος ἔμαρψαν Id. N. 6.11 :
σθένει by force,
S. OC 842 (lyr.),
E. Ba. 953 ;
λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει both by right and
might,
S. OC 68 ;
ὑπὸ σθένους E. Ba. 1127 ;
παντὶ σθένει with all
one's might, freq. in treaties,
SIG 122.6 , al., Foed. ap.
Th. 5.23 ,
Pl. Lg. 646a —the only phrase in which early prose writers use the word (cf. infr.
111 ); found in
LXX, Jb. 4.10 , al.
2). later, generally,
strength, might, power, moral as well as physical,
ἀνάγκης A. Pr. 105 ;
τῆς ἀληθείας S. OT 369 ;
ἀγγέλων ς. their
might or
authority,
A. Ch. 849 : c. gen. obj.,
ἀγωνίας ς.
strength for conflict,
Pi. P. 5.113 (s.v.l.,
-ίαις Bgk.);
εἰ ς. λάβοιμι if I should gain
strength enough,
S. El. 333 , cf.
348 , etc.
III). periphr., like
βίη, ἴς, μένος, ς. Ἰδομενῆος, Ὠρίωνος, Ὠαρίωνος , etc., for
Idomeneus ,
Orion , etc. themselves,
Il. 13.248 ,
18.486 ,
Hes. Op. 598 , etc.;
ς. ἵππων, ἵππιον,
Id. Sc. 97 ,
Pi. P. 2.12 , etc.:—in
Pl. Phdr. 267c ,
Χαλκηδονίου ς. is ironical.
ShortDef
strength, might
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
σθένος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σθενος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-93911
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σθένος</span>, <span class="itype greek">εος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strength, might</span>, esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bodily strength</span>, freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span></span>, less freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">κάρτεΐ τε σθένεΐ τε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:329" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.329/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.329 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλκῆς καὶ σθένεος</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:499" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:499/canonical-url/"> 499 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χερσίν τε ποσίν τε καὶ σθένει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.361/canonical-url/"> 20.361 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ποδῶν χειρῶν τε ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.48 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">φρήν</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.26/canonical-url/"> 1.26 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γνῶμαι πλέον κρατοῦσιν ἢ σθένος χερῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:939" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:939/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 939 </a> : c.inf., <span class="foreign greek">ἐν δὲ ς. ὦρσεν ἑκάστῳ .. πολεμίζειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strength</span> to war, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:451" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.451/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.451 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. ποιεῖν εὖ φερέγγυον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 87 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. ὥστε καθελεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 66 </a> (lyr.): less freq. of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">force</span> of things, as of a stream, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:751" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.751/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.751 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. ἀελίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.144 </a> ;[ <span class="quote greek">ἄρουραι] σθένος ἔμαρψαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 6.11 </a> : <span class="foreign greek">σθένει</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by force</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:842" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:842/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 842 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:953" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:953/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 953 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει</span> both by right and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">might</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 68 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ σθένους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 1127 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">παντὶ σθένει</span> with all <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one\'s might</span>, freq. in treaties, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 122.6 </span>, al., Foed. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.23 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:646a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:646a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 646a </a>—the only phrase in which early prose writers use the word (cf. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:111/canonical-url/"> 111 </a>); found in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg032:4:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg032:4.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jb.</span> 4.10 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> later, generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strength, might, power</span>, moral as well as physical, <span class="quote greek">ἀνάγκης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 105 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῆς ἀληθείας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:369" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:369/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 369 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀγγέλων ς</span>. their <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">might</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">authority</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:849" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:849/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 849 </a>: c. gen. obj., <span class="foreign greek">ἀγωνίας ς</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strength</span> for conflict, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5.113/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 5.113 </a> (s.v.l., <span class="foreign greek">-ίαις</span> Bgk.); <span class="foreign greek">εἰ ς. λάβοιμι</span> if I should gain <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strength</span> enough, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:333" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:333/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 333 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:348" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:348/canonical-url/"> 348 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a force</span> of men, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:274" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.274/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.274 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπελθὼν οὐκ ἐλάσσονι ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:438" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:438/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 438 </a>: but in both places sense <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.1/canonical-url/"> 1.1 </a> is more prob. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quantity, profusion</span>, <span class="quote greek">ς. πλούτου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:3.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 3.2 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὕδατος, νιφετοῦ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 9.51 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:107:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:107.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 107.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> periphr., like <span class="ref greek">βίη, ἴς, μένος, ς. Ἰδομενῆος, Ὠρίωνος, Ὠαρίωνος</span> , etc., for <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Idomeneus</span> </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orion</span> </span>, etc. themselves, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:248" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.248/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.248 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:486" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.486/canonical-url/"> 18.486 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:598" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:598/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 598 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ς. ἵππων, ἵππιον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 97 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 2.12 </a>, etc.:—in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:267c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:267c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 267c </a>, <span class="foreign greek">Χαλκηδονίου ς</span>. is ironical.</div> </div><br><br>'}