Δύνωμαι
I were able, I would be able
Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo4 Mar 2005Vetting: high13 revisions
Translation
It is formed out of du/nhmi, du/namai ["I am able"]:1 [it is] subjunctive, [as in] e)a\n du/nwmai ["if I were able"] 1. Every subjunctive which has an active voice[which is] perispomenon2 is properispomenon3 [sc. in the middle/passive]: i(stw= ["I set"], e)a\n i(stw=mai ["if I were set"]. But if [a verb] does not have an active voice, it is proparoxytone4 [sc. in the middle-passive]: du/nwmai ["I were able"], du/nwntai ["they were able"].5
And Homer [writes]: "if I am able to fulfil, and it is a practicable thing". For [Aphrodite] has set a limit [saying that] the assignment received needs to be possible to fulfil and the matter itself has to be suitable for fulfillment.6
And Homer [writes]: "if I am able to fulfil, and it is a practicable thing". For [Aphrodite] has set a limit [saying that] the assignment received needs to be possible to fulfil and the matter itself has to be suitable for fulfillment.6