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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

  • οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν ἐπικαλεσάμενοι τὸν μέγαν τοῦ κόσμου δυνάστην, τὸν ἄτερ κριῶν καὶ μηχανῶν ὀργανικῶν κατακρημνίσαντα τὴν Ἱεριχὼ κατὰ τοὺσ Ἰησοῦ χρόνουσ, ἐνέσεισαν θηριωδῶσ τῷ τείχει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:15)
  • πελαζόντων δὲ ἤδη ὡσ μέγιστον καὶ φοβερώτατον ἀλαλάζειν σύμπαντασ τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ, καὶ βέλη τε ἀπὸ μηχανῶν καὶ λίθουσ ἀφίεσθαι καὶ βέλη ἀπὸ τόξων, καὶ τὰσ λόγχασ οἱ λογχοφόροι ἀκοντιζόντων, οἵ τε ψιλοὶ καὶ οἱ θειασταί. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 34:2)
  • σκευῶν δὲ καὶ προσώπων καὶ ξυστίδων ἁλουργῶν καὶ μηχανῶν ἀπὸ σκηνῆσ καὶ χοροποιῶν καὶ δορυφόρων δυσπραγμάτευτοσ λαὸσ καὶ χορηγία πολυτελὴσ παρασκευαζέσθω. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 6 1:1)
  • σκευῶν δὲ καὶ προσώπων καὶ ξυστίδων ἁλουργῶν καὶ μηχανῶν ἀπὸ σκηνῆσ καὶ χοροποιῶν καὶ δορυφόρων δυσπραγμάτευτοσ λαὸσ καὶ χορηγία πολυτελὴσ παρασκευαζέσθω. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 6 5:1)
  • Ῥόδιοι δὲ πολὺν χρόνον ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ πολιορκηθέντεσ, ἐπεὶ κατελύσαντο τὸν πόλεμον, ᾐτήσαντο τῶν μηχανῶν ἐνίασ, ὅπωσ ὑπόμνημα τῆσ ἐκείνου δυνάμεωσ ἅμα καὶ τῆσ αὑτῶν ἀνδραγαθίασ ἔχωσιν. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 20 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. contrivance

  2. way

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