strong, to be Copy link Outline I. To have physical strength1. văleo, ui, ĭtum, 2 (with a strengthening word, since alone it usu. means to be well, opp. to be ill)2. expr. by vires with verbII. To be well, healthyIII. To have great influence or resources1. văleo, ui, ĭtum, 22. polleo, possum • strong, to be: I. To have physical strength: 1. văleo, ui, ĭtum, 2 (with a strengthening word, since alone it usu. means to be well, opp. to be ill): to be s. for wrestling, viribus ad luctandum v., Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107: cf. v. corpore, id. Brut. 19, 77: multum v., Pl. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus v., id. Truc. 4, 3, 38: to be as as a boxer, v. pugilice, id. Epid. 1, 1, 2. expr. by vires with verb: Antipater was roughly s., A. habuit vires agrestes, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: nor are you as s. as the centurion, nec vos centurionis vires habetis, id. Sen. 10, 33: to be very s., excellere viribus, id. Off. 3, 5, 25. Fig.: you know not how s. virtue is., nescis quantas vires virtus habeat, id. Par. 2, 17. II. To be well, healthy: văleo, ui, ĭtum, 2: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. Phr.: since he was not yet s. enough, corpore nondum satis firmo quum esset, Cic. Fam. 11, 27: v. also well, to be. III. To have great influence or resources: 1. văleo, ui, ĭtum, 2: those who are s.er in resources, arms, power, qui plus opibus, armis, potentia v., Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10: because Caesar was very s. in cavalry, quod multum C. equitatu valebat, Caes. B. C. 1, 61, ad med. To prove the s.er, praevăleo: v. to prevail (I.). 2. polleo, possum: they are very s. by land and sea, multum illi terra, plurimum mari p., Liv. 1, 23, ad fin.: v. influence (subs., IV., phr.). Or expr. by sum with adj. (v. strong). [For to be s. enough, v. able, to be.]