σθένος
σθένος
.σθένος, ος, εος, τό,
strength, might, Il., Pind.:—c. inf., σθ. πολεμίζειν strength to war, Il.; σθ. ὥστε καθελεῖν Eur.; σθένει by force, Soph.; λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει both by right and might, Soph.; so, ὑπὸ σθένους Eur.; παντὶ σθένει with all oneʼs might, Thuc.
strength, might, of all kinds moral as well as physical, σθένος τῆς ἀληθείας Soph.; ἀγγέλων σθ. their might or authority, Aesch.
a force of men, like δύναμις, Il., Soph.
metaph., like Lat. vis for copia, a quantity, profusion, Pind.
periphr., like βίη, ἴς, μένος, as σθένος Ἰδομενῆος, Ὠρίωνος, for Idomeneus, Orion, themselves, Il., Hes.