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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

  • μηχαναὶ δὲ ἐφεστάντων τῷ κέρᾳ ἑκατέρῳ, ὡσ πορρωτάτω προσιόντων τῶν πολεμίων ἐξακοντίζειν, καὶ αὗται κατόπιν τῆσ πάσησ φάλαγγοσ. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 26:1)
  • καὶ τεθεμελίωται ἀσφαλῶσ, καὶ μηχαναὶ ἐφεστᾶσιν, καὶ ἑνὶ λόγῳ, πᾶσιν ἐξήρτυται πρὸσ τὸ μηδὲ πελάσαι ἂν τινα αὐτῷ τῶν βαρβάρων, μήτι γε δὴ ἐσ κίνδυνον καταστῆσαι πολιορκίασ τοὺσ ἐν αὐτῷ φρουροῦντασ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 9 7:1)
  • ἰσχὺσ δ’ ἠδὲ βίη καὶ μηχαναὶ ἦσαν ἐπ’ ἔργοισ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 15:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ προδώσω σ’ οὐδέποτ’, ἤνπερ ἐμπνέω, ἢν μὴ προλίπωσ’ αἱ μυρίαι με μηχαναί. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode 1:29)
  • "πρὸσ ἅ τισ ἂν πάντα βλέψασ διαπορήσειε τί χρὴ δρᾶν περὶ ἁπάντων τῶν τοιούτων, δύο δὴ λείπεσθον μηχαναί, μὴ πατριώτασ ἀλλήλων εἶναι τοὺσ μέλλοντασ δουλεύσειν ἀσυμφώνουσ τε ὅτι μάλιστα εἰσ δύναμιν, τρέφειν δ’ αὐτοὺσ ὀρθῶσ μὴ μόνον ἐκείνων ἕνεκα, πλέον δ’ ἑαυτῶν προτιμῶντασ ὑβρίζειν τε ἥκιστα εἰσ αὐτούσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:51)

Synonyms

  1. contrivance

  2. way

Similar forms

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