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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῐ̓σχ(ῡ́ς) (iskh(ū́s), “strength, power”) + -υρός (-urós).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /is.kʰyː.rós/ → /is.çyˈros/ → /is.çiˈros/
Adjective
ῐ̓σχῡρός • (iskhūrós) m (feminine ἰσχῡρᾱ́, neuter ἰσχῡρόν); first/second declension
- strong, mighty
- Antonym: ἀσθενής (asthenḗs)
- mighty, powerful
- forcible, obstinate, stiff, stubborn, inveterate, excessive
Declension
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: ἰσχυρός (iskhurós)
References
- ^ ἰσχυρός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
- “ἰσχυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἰσχυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἰσχυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2478 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- acute idem, page 10.
- authoritative idem, page 53.
- decided idem, page 200.
- desperate idem, page 217.
- determined idem, page 219.
- drastic idem, page 250.
- emphatic idem, page 269.
- forcible idem, page 335.
- grim idem, page 373.
- hard idem, page 385.
- hard-fought idem, page 385.
- hardy idem, page 386.
- hotly idem, page 408.
- imperative idem, page 420.
- incisive idem, page 428.
- intense idem, page 449.
- inveterate idem, page 457.
- lusty idem, page 505.
- mighty idem, page 528.
- nervous idem, page 556.
- obstinate idem, page 567.
- peremptory idem, page 607.
- positive idem, page 628.
- potent idem, page 629.
- powerful idem, page 630.
- resolute idem, page 702.
- rigid idem, page 715.
- rooted idem, page 721.
- severe idem, page 759.
- sound idem, page 796.
- stable idem, page 808.
- stolid idem, page 819.
- stout idem, page 821.
- strenuous idem, page 825.
- stringent idem, page 826.
- strong idem, page 827.
- strong-minded idem, page 827.
- stubborn idem, page 828.
- sturdy idem, page 830.
- trenchant idem, page 893.
- unabated idem, page 905.
- uncompromising idem, page 910.
- vigorous idem, page 952.
- violent idem, page 953.
- virulent idem, page 954.
- warm idem, page 964.