Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Hellenic *dunamai, from a nasal-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (to fit together).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai); deponent

    1. (with infinitive) to be able, capable, strong enough to do, can
      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

    Inflection

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    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δύναμαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

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