δύναμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῠ́νᾰμαι (dúnamai, “I am able”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dý.na.mis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdy.na.mis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðy.na.mis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðy.na.mis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.na.mis/

Noun

δῠ́νᾰμῐς • (dúnamis) f (genitive δῠνᾰ́μεως); third declension

power, might, strength
ability, skill
power, authority, influence
force of war
manifestation of divine power: miracle
faculty, capacity
worth, value
The force of a word: meaning
(mathematics) square root
(mathematics) power

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῠ́νᾰμῐς; τῆς δῠνᾰ́μεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῠ́νᾰμῐς hē dúnamis	τὼ δῠνᾰ́μει tṑ dunámei	αἱ δῠνᾰ́μεις hai dunámeis
Genitive	τῆς δῠνᾰ́μεως tês dunámeōs	τοῖν δῠνᾰμέοιν toîn dunaméoin	τῶν δῠνᾰ́μεων tôn dunámeōn
Dative	τῇ δῠνᾰ́μει têi dunámei	τοῖν δῠνᾰμέοιν toîn dunaméoin	ταῖς δῠνᾰ́μεσῐ / δῠνᾰ́μεσῐν taîs dunámesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῠ́νᾰμῐν tḕn dúnamin	τὼ δῠνᾰ́μει tṑ dunámei	τᾱ̀ς δῠνᾰ́μεις tā̀s dunámeis
Vocative	δῠ́νᾰμῐ dúnami	δῠνᾰ́μει dunámei	δῠνᾰ́μεις dunámeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δῠνᾰμῐκός (dunamikós)
δῠνᾰ́στης (dunástēs, “ruler, petty ruler”)

Descendants

Greek: δύναμη f (dýnami, “power”)
Katharevousa: δύναμις f (dýnamis, “power”)

δύναμις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δύναμις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
δύναμις in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
δύναμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
δύναμις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
δύναμις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
δύναμις in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1411 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ability idem, page 2.
- amount idem, page 28.
- armament idem, page 40.
- authority idem, page 53.
- capability idem, page 111.
- capacity idem, page 111.
- competence idem, page 151.
- effect idem, page 262.
- efficacy idem, page 263.
- endowment idem, page 273.
- faculty idem, page 301.
- force idem, page 335.
- function idem, page 349.
- gift idem, page 359.
- greatness idem, page 372.
- import idem, page 422.
- influence idem, page 439.
- interest idem, page 450.
- meaning idem, page 520.
- might idem, page 528.
- organ idem, page 579.
- part idem, page 593.
- potency idem, page 629.
- power idem, page 630.
- purport idem, page 659.
- qualification idem, page 663.
- reach idem, page 675.
- root idem, page 721.
- sense idem, page 752.
- significance idem, page 775.
- square idem, page 807.
- strength idem, page 824.
- sum idem, page 837.
- sway idem, page 847.
- talent idem, page 854.
- tenor idem, page 862.

Greek

Noun

δύναμις • (dýnamis) f

Katharevousa form of δύναμη (dýnami)

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δύναμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Noun