Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυμήχανος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυμήχανος πολυμήχανον

Structure: πολυμηχαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mhxanh/

Sense

  1. full of resources, inventive, ever-ready

Examples

  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πολύμητισ ἐὼν πολυμήχανον εὑρ͂εν, ἐσσυμένωσ δὴ ἔπειτα διὰ ψαμάθοιο βάδιζε πρόσθεν, ἀτὰρ κατόπισθε Διὸσ καὶ Λητοῦσ υἱόσ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 35:3)

Synonyms

  1. full of resources

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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