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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μηχανή μηχανᾱ́ μηχαναί
Genitive μηχανῆς μηχαναῖν μηχανῶν
Dative μηχανῇ μηχαναῖν μηχαναῖς
Accusative μηχανήν μηχανᾱ́ μηχανᾱ́ς
Vocative μηχανή μηχανᾱ́ μηχαναί

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

  • ἀπειλήσαντοσ δὲ αὐτοῖσ σκληρότερον ὡσ δεδωροκοπημένοισ εἰσ μηχανὴν τῆσ ἐκφυγῆσ, συνέβη σαφῶσ αὐτὸν περὶ τούτου πεισθῆναι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:19)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ μικρὰν με ταύτην μηχανὴν ἀναβιβάζεισ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 5:13)
  • κἂν μέν τιν’ ἐχθρῶν μηχανὴν πυθώμεθα, σὺ πάντ’ ἀκούσῃ καὶ παρὼν εἴσῃ λόγον· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic5)
  • ἴσωσ ἐφ’ ἡμῖν μηχανὴν στήσων τινά. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode14)
  • ἀτὰρ τίν’ ἐκ τούτων σὺ μηχανὴν ἔχεισ; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics24)

Synonyms

  1. contrivance

  2. way

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