δυνατός
Gram. adj du^na^t os_h_on suff_acc
Gram. adj du^na^t os_on suff_acc
Etym. δύναμαι
I. "strong, mighty, able", esp. in body, τὸ δυνατώτατον "the ablest-bodied men", Hdt.:—of ships, "fit for service", Thuc.
2. c. inf. "able" to do, Hdt., etc.
3. "powerful", id=Hdt.; οἱ δυνατοί "the chief men of rank and influence", Thuc.
II. pass., of things, "possible", Lat. quod fieri possit, Hdt., etc.:— δυνατόν [ἐστι], c. inf., id=Hdt., Aesch., etc.; ὁδὸς δυνατὴ καὶ τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις πορεύεσθαι "practicable", Xen.: —κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, "quantum fieri possit", Plat., etc.; so, ἐς τὸ δ. Hdt.; ὅσον δυνατόν Eur., etc.
III. adv. -τῶς, "strongly, powerfully", Aeschin.; δ. ἔχει it is "possible", Hdt.