δύναμαι
Etym. decl. in pres. and imperf. like ἵσταμαι
Dep.
I. "to be able, capable, strong enough" to do, c. inf., Hom., etc.; but the inf. is often omitted, Ζεὺς δύναται ἅπαντα [sc. ποιεῖν] Od.; so also, μέγα δυνάμενος very "powerful, mighty", id=Od.; οἱ δυνάμενοι "men of power", Eur., Thuc.; δυνάμενος παρά τινι "having influence" with him, Hdt., etc.
2. "to be able", i. e. "to dare or bear" to do a thing, οὐδὲ ποιήσειν δύναται Od.; οὐκέτι ἐδύνατο βιοτεύειν Thuc.
3. with ὡς and a Sup., ὡς ἐδύναντο ἀδηλότατα as secretly as "they could", id=Thuc.; ὡς δύναμαι μάλιστα as much as "I possibly can", Plat.; or simply ὡς ἐδύνατο in the best way "he could", Xen.
II. "to pass for", i. e.
1. of money, "to be worth" so much, c. acc., ὁ σίγλος δύναται ἑπτὰ ὀβολούς the shekel "is worth" seven obols, id=Xen.
2. of number, "to be equivalent to", τριηκόσιαι γενεαὶ δυνέαται μύρια ἔτεα Hdt.
3. of words, "to signify, mean", Lat. valere, id=Hdt., etc.; ἴσον δύναται, Lat. idem valet, id=Hdt.; τὴν αὐτὴν δύνασθαι δουλείαν "to mean" the same slavery, Thuc.:—also "to avail", οὐδένα καιρὸν δύναται "avails" to no good purpose, Eur.
III. impers., οὐ δύναται, c. inf., "it cannot be, is not to be", Hdt.