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

  • ταῦτα Παυσανίασ ἀκούων, ἤδη δὲ καὶ καθορῶν ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀκοντισμάτων καὶ τοξευμάτων πλήθει τὸ στρατόπεδον τῶν Μεγαρέων καὶ συνεσταλμένουσ αὐτοὺσ εἰσ ὀλίγον, αὐτὸσ μὲν ἀμήχανοσ ἦν πρὸσ ἱππότασ ἀμύνειν ὁπλιτικῇ φάλαγγι καὶ βαρείᾳ τῇ Σπαρτιατῶν, τοῖσ δ’ ἄλλοισ στρατηγοῖσ καὶ λοχαγοῖσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων περὶ αὐτὸν οὖσι προὔθετο ζῆλον ἀρετῆσ καὶ φιλοτιμίασ, εἰ δή τινεσ ἑκόντεσ ἀναδέξαιντο προαγωνίσασθαι καὶ βοηθῆσαι τοῖσ Μεγαρεῦσι. (Plutarch, , chapter 14 2:2)
  • ὃσ εὖτ’ ἂν ἄλλων κρεισσόνων ὁπμὴν μάθῃ, στρόβιλοσ ἀμφάκανθον εἱλίξασ δέμασ κεῖται δακεῖν τε καὶ θιγεῖν ἀμήχανοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 8:1)
  • τῶν δὲ χερσαίων ἐχίνων ἡ μὲν ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν ἄμυνα καὶ φυλακὴ παροιμίαν πεποίηκε πόλλ’ οἶδ’ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ’ ἐχῖνοσ ἓν μέγα προσιούσησ γὰρ αὐτῆσ, ὥσ φησιν ὁ Ιὤν, στρόβιλοσ ἀμφ’ ἄκανθαν εἱλίξασ δέμασ, κεῖται θιγεῖν τε καὶ δακεῖν ἀμήχανοσ. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 16 14:1)
  • αὐτὸσ δ’ ἐκτὸσ ὁδοῦ, τισ ἀμήχανοσ, οὔτ’ ἄρα ποσσὶν οὔτ’ ἄρα χερσὶν ἔβαινε διὰ ψαμαθώδεα χῶρον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 39:2)
  • τὸν δ’ ἔροσ ἐν στήθεσσιν ἀμήχανοσ αἴνυτο θυμόν, καὶ μιν φωνήσασ ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 46:15)

Related

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

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