The corpus record

ἀδῠνᾰτ-έω

adunateo

to be ἀδύνατος

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Where it lives

De Somno et Vigilia 7 · 23.55/10k
De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
Zacharias 2 · 4.15/10k
Critias 2 · 4.05/10k
Economics 2 · 3.23/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Hippias Major 2 · 2.37/10k
Job 3 · 2.25/10k
Phaedrus 3 · 1.8/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

to be ἀδύνατος, lack strength, to be unable

to be ἀδύνατος, lack strength, Epich. 266, Arist. Somn.Vig. 454a27: c. inf., to be unable to do, Hp. de Arte 7, Pl. R. 366d, X. Mem. 1.2.23, Arist. EN 1165b22, Pol. 1287b17, etc.

II to be impossible

of things, to be impossible, LXX Jb. 10.13, Phld. Ir. p.98 W., Ev.Matt. 17.20, Ev.Luc. 1.37, Ps.-Callisth. 3.26.

In the wild

ἀδυνατεῖ · adynatei Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 2)
ἀδυνατεῖ · adynatei Aristotle, De Memoria et Reminiscentia (DIORISIS sentence 46)
ἀδυνατοῦν · adynatoun Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 25)
ἀδυνατεῖν · adynatein Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 25)
ἀδυνατήσῃ · adynatēsēi Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 26)
ἀδυνατεῖν · adynatein Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 26)

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Where it came from

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