δύναμις
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- 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
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (tie to, secure, fit, be able, arrange).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dewh₂-
Gloss
tie to, secure, fit, be able, arrange
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dynamis English
- dynamite English
- dynamiter English
- dynamitic English
- dynamitism English
- dynamitist English
- dynamo English
- dynamo- English
- dyne English
- Dynamit German
- dynamisch German
- dynamoelektrische Maschine German
- dinamit Hungarian
- dinamico Italian
- dynamiet Dutch, Flemish
- dynamique French
- dyne French
- mégadyne French
- dinámico Spanish, Castilian
- δυναμικός Ancient Greek
- δύναμαι Ancient Greek
- δύναμις, δῠ́νᾰμῐς Ancient Greek
- ἀδύνατον Ancient Greek
- *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥duh₂tio- Proto-Indo-European
- dynamikk Norwegian Bokmål
- dynamitt Norwegian Bokmål
- *tawjaną Proto-Germanic
- *tōlą Proto-Germanic
- Dynamit (brand name), Dynamit Swedish
- ダイナマイト Japanese
- dynamikk Norwegian Nynorsk
- dynamitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- dín Irish
- dynamický Czech
- dinàmic Catalan, Valencian
- dinámico Galician
- δυναμικός Greek (modern)
- δύναμη Greek (modern)
- dinami Aromanian