σθένος

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strength (physical)

1. strength, might , (Iliad by Homer):—;with infinitive , σθ. πολεμίζειν strength to war, (Iliad by Homer); σθ. ὥστε καθελεῖν (Euripides); σθένει by force , (Sophocles Tragicus); λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει both by right and might , (Sophocles Tragicus); so, ὑπὸ σθένους (Euripides); παντὶ σθένει with all one's might , (Thucydides) 2. strength, might , of all kinds moral as well as physical, σθένος τῆς ἀληθείας (Sophocles Tragicus); ἀγγέλων σθ. their might or authority , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. a force of men, like δύναμις, (Iliad by Homer) 4. metaphorically , like Lat. vis for copia, a quantity, profusion , (Pindar) 5. periphrastic , like βίη, ἴς, μένος, as σθένος Ἰδομενῆος, Ὠρίωνος, for Idomeneus, Orion, themselves, (Iliad by Homer) (ML)