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

  • Ἐφ’ οἷσ ἅπασιν ἀμηχανῶν ἐπὶ γῆσ μὲν ἀκούσεσθαί τι περὶ τούτων ἀληθὲσ ἀπεγίνωσκον, μίαν δὲ τῆσ συμπάσησ ἀπορίασ ἀπαλλαγὴν ᾤμην ἔσεσθαι, εἰ αὐτὸσ πτερωθείσ πωσ ἀνέλθοιμι εἰσ τὸν οὐρανόν. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 10:4)
  • ὁρῶ γὰρ ἐλπίδ’ ἐξ ἀμηχάνων. (Euripides, episode, lyric 1:31)
  • "ἀμηχανῶν δὲ ὅμωσ τῷ ἔρωτι μηνύει μοι τὸ πᾶν, ἐγὼ ὥσπερ εἰκὸσ ἦν, διδάσκαλον ὄντα, τὸν Ὑπερβόρεον ἐκεῖνον μάγον ἄγω παρ’ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ μναῖσ τέτταρσι μὲν τὸ παραυτίκα ‐ ἔδει γὰρ προτελέσαι τι εἰσ τὰσ θυσίασ ‐ ἑκκαίδεκα δέ, εἰ τύχοι τῆσ Χρυσίδοσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 12:11)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ ἀμηχανῶν τῷ πράγματι ‐ ἐδεδίειν γὰρ μὴ ὁ Παγκράτησ ἐπανελθὼν ἀγανακτήσῃ, ὅπερ καὶ ἐγένετο ‐ ἀξίνην λαβὼν διακόπτω τὸ ὕπερον εἰσ δύο μέρη· (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 27:13)
  • ποικίλοσ γὰρ ἁνὴρ κἀκ τῶν ἀμηχάνων πόρουσ εὐμήχανοσ πορίζειν. (Aristotle, Agon, strophe2)

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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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