Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμήχανος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμήχανος

Structure: ἀμηχαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mhxanh/

Sense

  1. without means, resource, at a loss, about, awkward at
  2. at a loss how to, unable to
  3. impracticable, difficult, hard, 'tis impossible, impossibilities
  4. against whom nothing can be done, irresistible, mischief without resource or remedy, inexplicable
  5. extraordinary, immense, an extraordinary amount, inconceivable, inconceivable, extraordinarily

Examples

  • ἀδικηθῆναι δὲ τοὺσ πεπιστευκότασ τῇ τοῦ τόπου ἁγιωσύνῃ καὶ τῇ τοῦ τετιμημένου κατὰ τὸν σύμπαντα κόσμον ἱεροῦ σεμνότητι καὶ ἀσυλίᾳ παντελῶσ ἀμήχανον εἶναι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:12)
  • πάντα μὲν οὖν σε ἰδεῖν καθ’ ἕκαστον ἀκριβῶσ ἀμήχανόν ἐστιν, ὦ πορθμεῦ· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 2:4)
  • εἶτα ὁ μὲν ἐπειρᾶτο λέγειν, ἐβόα δὲ ὁ Κυνικόσ, ὥστε ἀμήχανον ἦν ἄλλου ἀκούειν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 6:4)
  • "ἀμήχανον δέ τι τὸ τάχοσ ἐπιδείκνυνται, ἐπειδάν τι τοιοῦτον γένηται δημόσιον ἐν βραχεῖ γὰρ ἀφειδοῦσι πάντων. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:19)
  • ἅπαντα μὲν οὖν τὰ γένη τῶν προβλημάτων καὶ πάσασ τὰσ ἰδέασ τῶν λόγων ἀμήχανον ἐν ὀλίγῳ δηλῶσαι, ἀρκεῖ δὲ μία τε δημηγορία παραληφθεῖσα καὶ λόγοσ εἷσ ἐκ τῶν δικανικῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 14 4:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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