ἀδύνατος
I. of persons, "unable" to do a thing, c. inf., Hdt., Eur., etc.
2. absol. "without strength, powerless", Hdt., Eur., etc.; οἱ ἀδύνατοι "men disabled for service, incapable", Aeschin., etc.; ἀδύνατος χρήμασι "poor", Thuc.; εἴς τι Plat.:—of ships, "disabled", Hdt.:— τὸ ἀδ. "want of strength", Plat.; τὰ ἀδ. "disabilities", Dem.
II. of things, "that cannot be done, impossible", Eur., Plat., etc.; ἀδύνατόν ορ ἀδύνατά [ἐστι], "it is impossible", Hdt., etc.: τὸ ἀδ. "impossibility", id=Hdt.; τολμᾶν ἀδύνατα, ἀδυνάτων ἐρᾶν Eur.