δύναμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai, “I am able”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dý.na.mis/ → /ˈðy.na.mis/ → /ˈði.na.mis/

• (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 • (dŭ́nămĭs) f (genitive δῠνᾰ́μεως); third declension

1. power, might, strength
2. ability, skill
3. power, authority, influence
4. force of war
5. magic, magically potent substance or object, magic powers
6. manifestation of divine power: miracle
7. faculty, capacity
8. worth, value
9. The force of a word: meaning
10. (mathematics) square root
11. (mathematics) power

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δῠ́νᾰμῐς; τῆς δῠνᾰ́μεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῠ́νᾰμῐς hē dŭ́nămĭs	τὼ δῠνᾰ́μει tṑ dŭnắmei	αἱ δῠνᾰ́μεις hai dŭnắmeis
Genitive	τῆς δῠνᾰ́μεως tês dŭnắmeōs	τοῖν δῠνᾰμέοιν toîn dŭnăméoin	τῶν δῠνᾰ́μεων tôn dŭnắmeōn
Dative	τῇ δῠνᾰ́μει têi dŭnắmei	τοῖν δῠνᾰμέοιν toîn dŭnăméoin	ταῖς δῠνᾰ́μεσῐ / δῠνᾰ́μεσῐν taîs dŭnắmesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῠ́νᾰμῐν tḕn dŭ́nămĭn	τὼ δῠνᾰ́μει tṑ dŭnắmei	τᾱ̀ς δῠνᾰ́μεις tā̀s dŭnắmeis
Vocative	δῠ́νᾰμῐ dŭ́nămĭ	δῠνᾰ́μει dŭnắmei	δῠνᾰ́μεις dŭnắmeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῠνᾰμῐκός (dŭnămĭkós)
• δῠνᾰ́στης (dŭnắstēs, “ruler, petty ruler”)
• ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμος (isodŭ́nămos)
• χῑλῐοδῠ́νᾰμῐς (khīlĭodŭ́nămĭs)

Descendants

• Greek: δύναμη f (dýnami, “power”)

  Katharevousa: δύναμις f (dýnamis, “power”)

Further reading

• “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 (2006–2025)
• “δύναμις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1411 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], 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

1. Katharevousa form of δύναμη (dýnami)