δύναμαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νῠ́νᾰμαι (núnamai) Cretan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

δῠ́νᾰμαι (dúnamai)

  1. (with infinitive) to be able, capable, strong enough to do
    1. (of moral possibility) to be able, to dare, to bear to do
    2. (with ὡς (hōs) and a superlative) as much as one can
  2. to pass for
    1. (of money) to be worth
    2. (of numbers) to be equivalent, to equal
    3. (of words) to signify, mean
    4. (as a mathematical term) to be the root of a square number, to be the side of a square
  3. (impersonal) it is possible, it can be

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