σφόδρα

A. very much, exceedingly:

I. with Verbs, ἐμήδιζον γὰρ ς. Hdt. 9.17; ς. ἱμείρουσα S. El. 1053; καὶ ς. πείθει persuades them too well, Id. Aj. 150 (anap.); ς. λέγειν with vehemence, Antipho 6.15; ς. κολάζειν severely, Th. 3.46; ς. ὁρίσασθαι exactly, Pl. Phdr. 263d, cf. Phlb. 58d, Phd. 68a, 73a; ς. χαίρω I am exceedingly glad, POxy. 41.17 (iii/iv A.D.).

2. with Adjs., ς. ὑπέρτεροι far superior, Pi. N. 4.37; μισόδημον ς. Ar. Fr. 108; ς. ἄδικος Pl. R. 361a; ἁλμυρὸν ς. Arist. Mete. 359a13; κακοδαίμων ς. Antiph. 56; ς. γενναῖος Men. 223.14; πολλοῦ ς. at a very high price, very dear, Id. 197; πολλοὶ ς. Bato 7.1; ἐνιαυτοὺς ς. ὀλίγους Men. 481.6; χαρὰ μεγάλη ς. Ev.Matt. 2.10:—with Adjs. it most freq. follows, and in Com. Poets it usu. stands at the end of the verse.

3. with a Subst., τὴν ς. φιλίαν Pl. Lg. 731e; τινῶν ς. γυναικῶν very womanish women, ib.639b; τῆς ς. προθυμίας ib.952c; τῆς ς. μανίας Id. Phdr. 251a; ἐν τοῖς ς. ψύχεσιν Arist. HA 599a19.

4. with other Advbs., ἐπάταξε πῶς οἴει ς. Ar. Ra. 54; θαυμαστῶς ὡς ς., ἀμηχάνως ὡς ς., Pl. R. 331a, Phdr. 263d; μάλα ς. Id. Alc. 1.124d; πάνυ ς. Ar. Pl. 25, 745; ς. πάνυ Aeschin. 2.36; πάνυ καὶ ς. Pl. Lg. 627a; οὐ ς. not very much, Hp. Aër. 15, Antiph. 204.11, Pl. Phd. 100a; οὕτω ς. ἦν ἀρχαῖος Antiph. 273; οὕτω ς. ἐστὶ . . Βοιώτιος Eub. 39.

5. τὸ ς., = σφοδρότης, Pl. Smp. 210b, al.

6. σφόδρα, σφοδρῶς LXX Ge. 7.19.

II. ς. γε or καὶ ς. γε, in answers, strongly affirmative, freq. in Pl., πάνυ γε ς. Men. 82b; πάνυ ς. ταῦτα λέγω Ap. 25a.