A.to have strength or might, be strong or mighty, οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοντά γε εἷλέν με in my strength, S.Ph.947; “σθενόντων βραχιόνων” E.HF312: c. dat. modi, ς. χερί, χειρί, ποσίν, to be strong in hand, in foot, S.El.998, E. Cyc.651, Alc.267 (lyr.); also ς. μάχῃ, χρήμασι, Id.Fr.1048.5, El.939; “σθένοντος ἐν πλούτῳ” S.Aj.488: freq. with a neut. Adj., μέγα, μεῖζον ς., A.Ag.938, Pr.1013; οὐδὲν ς. S.OC846; ὅσον ς. how strong it is, A. Eu.619; “ς. τοσοῦτον” S.Aj.1062; ὅσονπερ ἂν ς. Id.El.946, cf. Tr.927; εἰς ὅσον ς. Id.Ph.1403.
2. to have power, εἴ τις ἄλλος ἐν πόλει ς. Id.OC456; πόλις σθένουσα ib.734; οἱ κάτω σθένοντες they who rule below, the gods below, E.Hec.49.
4. c. inf., to have strength or power to do, be able, mostly with a neg. οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι ς. S.OT17, cf. A.R.1.62, LXX l.c.; προσβλέπειν γὰρ οὐ ς. S. OT1486; “οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοι δέμας ἕρπειν” Id.OC501, cf. 256, 1345, Aj. 165 (anap.), etc.; τὸ σιγᾶν οὐ ς. E.IA655: with inf. understood, “τόδ᾽, εἴπερ ἔσθενον, ἔδρων ἄν” S.El.604; εἶμι . . ὅποιπερ ἂν ς. Id.Aj.810, etc.