ἀμάχανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ μαχανά (makhaná) +‎ -νος (-nos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.má.kʰa.nos/ → /aˈma.xa.nos/ → /aˈma.xa.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.má.kʰa.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈma.kʰa.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.xa.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.xa.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.xa.nos/

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Adjective

ἀμάχανος • (amákhanos) m or f (neuter ἀμάχανον); second declension

1. Doric form of ἀμήχανος (amḗkhanos)
   • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 227:

     πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμάχανον κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ.

     polláki d’ en kakoîsi tòn amákhanon kak khalepâs dúas húperth’ ommátōn krēmnamenân nephelân orthoî.

Declension

Second declension of ἀμάχανος; ἀμάχανον (Doric)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀμάχανος amákhanos	ἀμάχανον amákhanon		ἀμαχάνω amakhánō	ἀμαχάνω amakhánō		ἀμάχανοι amákhanoi	ἀμάχανᾰ amákhană
Genitive		ἀμαχάνου amakhánou	ἀμαχάνου amakhánou		ἀμαχάνοιν amakhánoin	ἀμαχάνοιν amakhánoin		ἀμαχάνων amakhánōn	ἀμαχάνων amakhánōn
Dative		ἀμαχάνῳ amakhánōi	ἀμαχάνῳ amakhánōi		ἀμαχάνοιν amakhánoin	ἀμαχάνοιν amakhánoin		ἀμαχάνοις amakhánois	ἀμαχάνοις amakhánois
Accusative		ἀμάχανον amákhanon	ἀμάχανον amákhanon		ἀμαχάνω amakhánō	ἀμαχάνω amakhánō		ἀμαχάνους amakhánous	ἀμάχανᾰ amákhană
Vocative		ἀμάχανε amákhane	ἀμάχανον amákhanon		ἀμαχάνω amakhánō	ἀμαχάνω amakhánō		ἀμάχανοι amákhanoi	ἀμάχανᾰ amákhană
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀμαχάνως amakhánōs			ἀμαχανότερος amakhanóteros			ἀμαχανότᾰτος amakhanótătos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “ἀμήχανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press