ἀμηχανάω
ἀμηχαν-άω, = sq.,
Opp. H. 3.328 ,
AP 9.591 , etc., in Ep. forms
ἀμηχανόωσιν, -όων. -έω, fut.
A). -ήσω Th. 7.48 : impf.
ἠμηχάνουν Pl.Com. 45 :—
to be ἀμήχανος, to be at a loss for, or
in want of, χρήματος οὐδενός Hdt. 1.35 , cf.
A.R. 4.692 ;
ἀ. περί τινος about thing,
E. IT 734 : c. acc.,
τέρμα A. Ag. 1177 , etc.;
ταῦτα E. Heracl. 492 : c. dat.,
ἀ. θεσφάτοισι A. Ag. 1113 :—freq. foll. by relative clause,
ἀ. πότερον .. ἤ ..
S. Ph. 337 ;
ἀ. ὅπᾳ τράπωμαι, ὅποι τράποιντο, A. Ag. 1530 ,
Pers. 458 : abs.,
A. Supp. 379 ,
S. El. 1174 ,
E. Andr. 983 ,
Epicur. Fr. 203 , etc.
2). c. inf.,
not to know how to do,
ὄσσαν συμβαλεῖν ἀμηχανῶ Neophr. 1 ;
χρόνος .. ὃν λανθάνειν ἀ. know not how to escape,
Antiph. 254 .
3). ἀμηχανῶν βιοτεύειν live
without the necessaries of life, X. Cyr. 2.1.19 ;
to be reduced to great straits, τὰ μὲν ἀπορεῖν, τὰ δ’ ἔτι ἀμηχανήσειν Th. 7.48 .
4). to be at a loss, amazed, perplexed, ἀ. κιόντων at their coming,
A.R. 4.692 ; so prob.
ἀ. κακότητι 2.410 .
ShortDef
to be ἀμήχανος
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀμηχανάω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αμηχαναω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-5252
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀμηχαν-άω</span>, = sq., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:328" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.328/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 3.328 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.591 </span>, etc., in Ep. forms <span class="foreign greek">ἀμηχανόωσιν, -όων. -έω,</span> fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">-ήσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.48 </a> : impf. <span class="quote greek">ἠμηχάνουν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.Com.</span> 45 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀμήχανος,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be at a loss for,</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in want of,</span> <span class="quote greek">χρήματος οὐδενός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.35 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:692" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.692/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.692 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. περί τινος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">about</span> thing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:734" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:734/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 734 </a>: c. acc., <span class="quote greek">τέρμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1177" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1177/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1177 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">ταῦτα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 492 </a> : c. dat., <span class="quote greek">ἀ. θεσφάτοισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1113/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1113 </a> :—freq. foll. by relative clause, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. πότερον .. ἤ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:337" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:337/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 337 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ὅπᾳ τράπωμαι, ὅποι τράποιντο,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1530" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1530/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1530 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:458" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:458/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 458 </a>: abs., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:379" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:379/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 379 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1174" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1174/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1174 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:983" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:983/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 983 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:203" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:203/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 203 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not to know how</span> to do, <span class="quote greek">ὄσσαν συμβαλεῖν ἀμηχανῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0307.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0307.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Neophr.</span> 1 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χρόνος .. ὃν λανθάνειν ἀ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">know not how</span> to escape, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:254" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:254/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 254 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀμηχανῶν βιοτεύειν</span> live <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">without the necessaries of life,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.1.19 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be reduced to great straits,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὰ μὲν ἀπορεῖν, τὰ δ’ ἔτι ἀμηχανήσειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.48 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be at a loss, amazed, perplexed,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. κιόντων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at</span> their coming, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:692" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.692/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.692 </a>; so prob. <span class="quote greek">ἀ. κακότητι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:410" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.410/canonical-url/"> 2.410 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}