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  "headword": "ἀμήχανος",
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>without means</i> or <i>resources, helpless,</i> Od. 19.363; πενία ἀ. B. 1.61; πόριμον αὑτῷ τῇ πόλει δʼ ἀ. Ar. Ra. 1429; ἀ. καὶ ἄτεχνος Pl. Plt. 274c; of animals, opp. εὐμήχανος, Arist. HA 614b34: hence,",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πενία ἀ.",
                "ref": "B. 1.61",
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              }
            },
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πόριμον αὑτῷ τῇ πόλει δʼ ἀ.",
                "ref": "Ar. Ra. 1429",
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              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6207",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀ. καὶ ἄτεχνος",
                "ref": "Pl. Plt. 274c",
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            }
          ],
          "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>incapable, awkward,</i> ἀφραδέες καὶ ἀ. h.Ap. 192, cf. Theoc. 1.85; τὸν ἀ. ὀρθοῦν A. Th. 227; ἀ. γυνή E. Hipp. 643; ἀ. εἴς τι <i>awkward at</i> thing, Id. Med. 408. Adv., ἀμηχάνως ἔχειν, = ἀμηχανεῖν, A. Ch. 407, E., etc.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀφραδέες καὶ ἀ.",
                        "ref": "h.Ap. 192",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc2:192"
                      }
                    },
                    {
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸν ἀ. ὀρθοῦν",
                        "ref": "A. Th. 227",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:227"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6210",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀ. γυνή",
                        "ref": "E. Hipp. 643",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:643"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "inf., <i>at a loss how to</i> do, <i>unable to</i> do, τὸ δὲ βίᾳ πολιτῶν δρᾶν ἔφυν ἀ. S. Ant. 79; -ώτατος ὅ τι χρὴ λέγειν πορίσασθαι [D.] 60.12, etc.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6211",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ δὲ βίᾳ πολιτῶν δρᾶν ἔφυν ἀ.",
                        "ref": "S. Ant. 79",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:79"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>allowing of no means</i>:",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>impracticable, unmanageable,</i> c. inf., ἀμήχανός ἐσσι πιθέσθαι Il. 13.726.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6212",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀμήχανός ἐσσι πιθέσθαι",
                        "ref": "Il. 13.726",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.726"
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                  ],
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>hard, impossible,</i> τοῦτό μʼ ἄνωγας ἀμήχανον ἄλλο τελέσσαι ib. 14.262; τοῦτο δʼ ἀ. εὑρεῖν Pi. O. 7.25, cf. Hdt. 1.48; ὁδὸς ἀ. εἰσελθεῖν road <i>hard</i> or <i>impossible</i> to enter on, X. An. 1.2.21; ἀ. ἐστὶ γενέσθαι Emp. 12, cf. Hdt. 1.48, 204, S. Ant. 175, etc.: abs., ἀμήχανα <i>impossibilities,</i> ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾶν ib. 90, cf. 92; δεινὸς . . εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀ. πόρον A. Pr. 59, cf. Ar. Eq. 759: Sup., Them. in Ph. 91.12.",
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                      "citations": [
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6213",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τοῦτο δʼ ἀ. εὑρεῖν",
                            "ref": "Pi. O. 7.25",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.25"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6214",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἀ. ἐστὶ γενέσθαι",
                            "ref": "Emp. 12",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6215",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "δεινὸς . . εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀ. πόρον",
                            "ref": "A. Pr. 59",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:59"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>against whom</i> or <i>which nothing can be done, irresistible,</i> freq. in Hom. of Zeus, Hera, Achilles; ἀ. ἐσσι, ἀ. ἔπλευ, Il. 10.167, 16.29; Ἔρος . . ἀ. ὄρπετον Sapph. 40.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6216",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Ἔρος . . ἀ. ὄρπετον",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "ἀ. ἔργα mischief <i>without help</i> or <i>remedy,</i> Il. 8.130; δόλος Hes. Th. 589; κήδεα Archil. 66; δύαι A. Eu. 561 (lyr.); ἄλγος, νόσοι, S. El. 140 (lyr.), Ant. 363 (lyr.); συμφορά Simon. 5.11, cf. E. Med. 392; κακόν ib. 447: Comp. -ωτέρα, ἀγλαΐα Them. Or. 4.51c.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6217",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "δόλος",
                            "ref": "Hes. Th. 589",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc2:589"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6218",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "κήδεα",
                            "ref": "Archil. 66",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001.perseus-grc2:66"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6219",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "δύαι",
                            "ref": "A. Eu. 561",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc2:561"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6220",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "συμφορά",
                            "ref": "Simon. 5.11",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.11"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6221",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "-ωτέρα, ἀγλαΐα",
                            "ref": "Them. Or. 4.51c",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg004.perseus-grc2:51c"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>inexplicable, not to be interpreted,</i> Od. 19.560.",
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                    }
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>extraordinary,</i> <i>enormous,</i> ποταμῶν ἀ. μεγέθη Pl. Phd. 111d; ἡδοναί Id. Phlb. 46e; ἀμή χανον εὐδαιμονίας <i>an inconceivable amount</i> of happiness, Id. Ap. 41c: freq.c.acc., ἀ. τὸ μέγεθος, τὸ κάλλος, τὸ πλῆθος, etc., i.e. <i>inconceivable</i> in point of size, etc., Id. R. 584b, 615a, X. Cyr. 7.5.38: c. dat., ἀ. πλήθει τε καὶ ἀτοπία Pl. Phdr. 229d (nisi leg. ἀμηχάνων πλήθη τε καὶ ἀτοπίαι, where ἀ. = <i>monsters):</i> abs., <i>infinitely great,</i> δύναμις Plot. 5.3.16.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6222",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ποταμῶν ἀ. μεγέθη",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phd. 111d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:111d"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6223",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡδοναί",
                        "ref": "Id. Phlb. 46e",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀ. πλήθει τε καὶ ἀτοπία",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 229d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:229d"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6225",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δύναμις",
                        "ref": "Plot. 5.3.16",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5.3.perseus-grc2.16"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "Pl. with οἷος, ὅσος, ἀμήχανον ὅσον χρόνον Phd. 95c; ἀμηχάνῳ ὅσῳ πλέονι by <i>it is impossible to say</i> how much more, R. 588a; ἀμήχανόν τι οἷον Chrm. 155d. Adv., ἀμηχάνως ὡς εὖ R. 527e; ἀ. γε ὡς σφόδρα Phdr. 263d.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6226",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἀμηχάνῳ ὅσῳ πλέονι by",
                            "ref": "R. 588a",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6227",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἀμήχανόν τι οἷον",
                            "ref": "Chrm. 155d",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6228",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἀμηχάνως ὡς εὖ",
                            "ref": "R. 527e",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:527e"
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                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-6229",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἀ. γε ὡς σφόδρα",
                            "ref": "Phdr. 263d",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:263d"
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