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Δυνατήν · able (δ 1574) · Suda

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δ1570Dyme, Dume
δ1571power
δ1572power
δ1573capability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power
δ1574able
δ1575I act as dynast
δ1576sovereignty
δ1577master
δ1578to sink

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Δυνατήν

able

Translated by David Whitehead18 May 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning] receptive.
Xenophon said: "[the captive said] that he had led [them] by a road able to be travelled by pack-animals too [sc. as well as troops]".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυνατήν· ἐνδεχομένην. Ξενοφῶν ἔφη· ἡγήσασθαι δυνατὴν ὑποζυγίοις πορεύεσθαι ὁδόν.

Betacode

*dunath/n: e)ndexome/nhn. *cenofw=n e)/fh: h(gh/sasqai dunath\n u(pozugi/ois poreu/esqai o(do/n.

Notes (1)

The headword adjective, feminine accusative singular, is extracted from the quotation given.
1Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.24 (web address 1). In Xenophon the infinitive is the future h(gh/sesqai, rather than the Suda's aorist: "said that he would lead them ..."

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

δ1572Δύναμιςpower δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power δ1574Δυνατήνable δ1575ΔυναστεύωI act as dynast δ1576Δυναστείαsovereignty

Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Sep 2016

26 Sep 2016tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
16 Nov 2015Revised — David Whitehead
19 Jul 2012another note and keyword — David Whitehead
19 May 2005tweaked translation; cosmetic — David Whitehead
18 May 2005added link, set status — Catharine Roth
18 May 2005Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δυνατήν (Adler number delta 1574), trans. David Whitehead, 18 May 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1574

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗