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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

  • ὥστε τίσ μηχανὴ μὴ οὐχὶ πάντωσ ἔλαττον ἐρεῖν αὐτὸν τῆσ ψυχῆσ διατριβούσησ περὶ τὸν τῶν ὁρωμένων ἔπαινον; (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 17:6)
  • τοιαῦτα πολὺ μαντικώτεροι ὑμῶν οἱ γεωργοί, καὶ ἄριστα μαντεύσαιντ̓ ἂν ἡμῖν περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ὕσαντοσ μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐθαλῆ ἔσται τὰ δράγματα, ἢν δὲ αὐχμὸσ ἐπιλάβῃ καὶ διψήσωσιν αἱ ἄρουραι, οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐχὶ λιμὸν ἐπακολουθῆσαι τῷ δίψει αὐτῶν, καὶ ὅτι οὐ μεσοῦντοσ θέρουσ χρὴ ἀροῦν, ἢ οὐκ ἄν τι ὄφελοσ γένοιτο εἰκῆ ἐκχυθέντων τῶν σπερμάτων, οὐδὲ ἀμᾶν ἔτι χλωρὸν τὸν στάχυν, ἢ κενὸν εὑρεθήσεσθαι τὸν καρπόν. (Lucian, 12:1)
  • ὅταν δὲ μὴ κατ’ ἀνάγκην ἀλλ’ ἐπ’ ἐξουσίασ αὐτόσ τισ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ δοκιμάσασ ἀναλάβῃ, τίσ ἔτι μηχανὴ μεταβάλλεσθαι, ἢ τίσ ἔτι χρῆσισ ὑπόλοιποσ τοῦ νόμου ; (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 10:1)
  • εἰ δὲ κἀκείνη προσβλέψειὲ σε, τίσ ἔσται μηχανὴ ἀποστῆναι αὐτῆσ ; (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 1:7)
  • βοηθητέα γοῦν τῷ ἀνδρὶ πάσῃ μηχανῇ καὶ ‐ κατὰ θεὸν γὰρ τῶν χολώντων ^ τινι φάρμακον τουτὶ κερασάμενοσ ἀπῄειν, ὡσ πιὼν ἐμέσειε ‐ φέρε πρῶτοσ αὐτὸσ πῖθι, ὦ Λεξίφανεσ, ὡσ ὑγιὴσ ἡμῖν καὶ καθαρὸσ γένοιο, τῆσ τοιαύτησ τῶν λόγων ἀτοπίασ κενωθείσ. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 20:6)

Synonyms

  1. contrivance

  2. way

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