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μηχανή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηχανή μηχανῆς

Structure: μηχαν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: mh=xos

Sense

  1. contrivance, machine, device, gear
  2. way, means

Declension

First declension

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

  • ἀλλὰ μηχανᾷ τάδε. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 1:15)
  • πυκνῇ γὰρ λεπτὰ μηχανᾷ φρενί. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:38)
  • τόδ’ ἤδη δόλιον ἔσ με μηχανᾷ. (Euripides, episode, trochees 10:22)
  • ἀτάρ, ἔφη, πότερον τῇ τύχῃ ἐπιτρέπεισ, ἐάν τίσ σοι φίλοσ ὥσπερ μυῖα πρόσπτηται, ἢ καὶ αὐτή τι μηχανᾷ; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 11 6:2)
  • μέχρισ δ’ ἂν τούτων ἀμελῇσ, αἰσχρόν σ’ εἶναι ἀνάγκη, κἂν πάντα μηχανᾷ ὑπὲρ τοῦ φαίνεσθαί σε καλόν. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. contrivance

  2. way

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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