ἀμήχανος — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.ἀμᾱ́χανοςονadjprivatv.prfx.,μηχανήep.fem.gen.pl.hHom. lacking means or resourcesof personshelpless, powerlessOd. hHom. A. E. Pl. X.w.inf.to do sthg.S. D. Plu.uselessw.dat.to the stateAr.of a person's mindat a lossAR. of strength and wisdomhelpless, powerlessPi.fr.of an actprofitless, pointlessStesich. admitting no resourceof a person, god, mythical creatureimpossible to deal withunmanageable, intractableIl. Hes. hHom. Pl.incapable of being persuadedw.inf.to listen to adviceIl.of bondsintractable, inescapablehHom. of love or desireirresistiblehHom. Sapph.of a deceptionHes.of windsimpossible to cope withPl. of actions, circumstances, sufferingsbeyond all remedy, past help, desperateIl. Hes. Archil. Lyr. Trag.neut.sb.sg. and pl.hopeless or desperate situationA. E. Ar.of terror, confusion, amazementhelplessAR. Plu.of dreamsawkward, perplexingOd. of a journeyawkward, difficultPlu.of a path, w.inf.to enter uponX. of a task, proposal, eventualityimpracticable, impossibleIl. Hdt. E. X. Plu.neut.pl.sb.impossibilitiesS. E.neut.impers.w. ἐστί, sts.understd.it is impossiblew.inf.dat. + inf.for someoneto do sthg.Pi. Hdt. S. Plu.w.acc. + inf.for sthg. to happenThgn. Emp. Pl. Plu. impossible to comprehend or describebecause of quantity, magnitude or degreeof persons or thingsunimaginable, extraordinaryw.acc.dat.in numberPl. X. Plu.of a task, an argument, w.dat.in length or extentPl.of pleasures, w.acc.in intensityPl.of sights, w.acc.in beautyPl.without acc. or dat., of thingsunimaginably great or extensiveimmense, boundlessPl. Plu.neut.sb.unimaginable amountw.gen.of happinessPl. reinforced by ὅσος or οἷοςἀμήχανος ὅσος χρόνοςsuch an immense period of timePl.ἀμήχανόν τι οἷονsomething of such an extraordinary kindPl. ἀμήχανονneut.advto an extraordinary extentPl.also phr.ἀμήχανον ὅσονArist. Plu. ἀμηχάνωςadv helplesslyA. extraordinarilyPl.phr.ἀμηχάνως ὡς εὖ or σφόδραextraordinarily well or greatlyPl.

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without means

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ἀμήχανος

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ἀμήχανος

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αμηχανος

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ἀ-μήχανος

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