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ἰσχῡρ-ίζομαι

ischurizomai

make oneself strong, be strong

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Where it lives

Against Apaturius 2 · 7.9/10k
Against Leochares 3 · 7.3/10k
Against Boeotus 2 2 · 5.15/10k
For the Liberty of the Rhodians 1 · 4.57/10k
Against Andocides 1 · 3.85/10k
Against Boeotus 1 1 · 3.67/10k
Against Dionysodorus 1 · 3.07/10k
Trapeziticus 1 · 3/10k
On the Chersonese 1 · 2.37/10k
Against Agoratus 1 · 2.09/10k
Gorgias 2 · 0.76/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἰσχῡρ-ίζομαι · ischyr-izomai — LSJ

make oneself strong, be strong, gaining force

make oneself strong, be strong, ἰσχυριζόμενος ὑφʼ ἵππων σίδηρος gaining force from the impetus of the horses, X. Cyr. 6.4.18.

II use oneʼs strength, contend stoutly, persist, continue obstinately in, maintain stiffly, obstinately

use oneʼs strength, τῷ σώματι Pl. l.c.; esp. in overcoming resistance, πρὸς τὸ πολὺ ἧττον Arist. Pr. 951a13; εἰς τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς Id. EN 1124b23; contend stoutly, ὑπὲρ ἄθλων Ael. NA 15.15; persist or continue obstinately in doing . . , c. part., Th. 7.49: abs., ibid.; esp. by word of mouth, maintain stiffly, obstinately, c. acc. et inf., Id. 3.44, Is. 11.1; ταῦτα Pl. Grg. 495b; ὅτι . . , ὡς . . Th. 4.23, 6.55, Pl. Tht. 172b; περί τινος Id. Sph. 249c.

2 put firm trust in, rely on, feel confidence

put firm trust in a thing, rely on it, τῷ ξυνῷ πάντων Heraclit. 114; λόγῳ Lys. 6.35; διαθήκαις Is. 1.3; τῷ νόμῳ Hyp. Eux. 4, D. 33.27; παρασκευῇ Id. 44.3, cf. Isoc. 17.24; feel confidence, Antipho 5.76.

In the wild

ἰσχυρίζεσθαι · ischyrizesthai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124b (DIORISIS sentence 1325)
ἰσχυρίζομαι · ischyrizomai Demosthenes, Against Apaturius 27 (DIORISIS sentence 84)
ἰσχυριζόμενος · ischyrizomenos Demosthenes, Against Apaturius 32 (DIORISIS sentence 103)
ἰσχυρίζομαι · ischyrizomai Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 1 27 (DIORISIS sentence 102)
ἰσχυρίζεσθαι · ischyrizesthai Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 2 40 (DIORISIS sentence 90)
ἰσχυρίζοιτο · ischyrizoito Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 2 41 (DIORISIS sentence 91)

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