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ἐπιμήχανος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιμήχανος ἐπιμήχανον

Structure: ἐπιμηχαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mhxanh/

Sense

  1. craftily devising, contriver

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπιμήχανος ἐπιμήχανον
Genitive ἐπιμηχάνου ἐπιμηχάνου
Dative ἐπιμηχάνῳ ἐπιμηχάνῳ
Accusative ἐπιμήχανον ἐπιμήχανον
Vocative ἐπιμήχανε ἐπιμήχανον
DualN/A/V ἐπιμηχάνω ἐπιμηχάνω
G/D ἐπιμηχάνοιν ἐπιμηχάνοιν
PluralNominative ἐπιμήχανοι ἐπιμήχανα
Genitive ἐπιμηχάνων ἐπιμηχάνων
Dative ἐπιμηχάνοις ἐπιμηχάνοις
Accusative ἐπιμηχάνους ἐπιμήχανα
Vocative ἐπιμήχανοι ἐπιμήχανα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπιμήχανος ἐπιμηχάνου ἐπιμηχανότερος ἐπιμηχανοτέρου ἐπιμηχανότατος ἐπιμηχανοτάτου
Adverb ἐπιμηχάνως ἐπιμηχανότερον ἐπιμηχανότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τότε δή, Μίλητε, κακῶν ἐπιμήχανε ἔργων, πολλοῖσιν δεῖπνόν τε καὶ ἀγλαὰ δῶρα γενήσῃ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 891)
  • καὶ τότε δή, Μίλητε κακῶν ἐπιμήχανε ἔργων, πολλοῖσιν δεῖπνόν τε καὶ ἀγλαὰ δῶρα γενήσῃ, σαὶ δ’ ἄλοχοι πολλοῖσι πόδασ νίψουσι κομήταισ, νηοῦ δ’ ἡμετέρου Διδύμοισ ἄλλοισι μελήσει. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 19 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. craftily devising

Similar forms

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

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