ἀμήχανος
ἀμήχᾰνος, Dor.
ἀμάχανος,
ον,
3). c. inf.,
at a loss how to do,
unable to do,
τὸ δὲ βίᾳ πολιτῶν δρᾶν ἔφυν ἀ. S. Ant. 79 ;
-ώτατος ὅ τι χρὴ λέγειν πορίσασθαι [
D.]
60.12 , etc.
II). more freq. in pass. sense, allowing of no means:
1). impracticable, unmanageable, c. inf.,
ἀμήχανός ἐσσι πιθέσθαι Il. 13.726 .
b). of things,
hard, impossible, τοῦτό μ’ ἄνωγας ἀμήχανον ἄλλο τελέσσαι ib.
14.262 ;
τοῦτο δ’ ἀ. εὑρεῖν Pi. O. 7.25 , cf.
Hdt. 1.48 ;
ὁδὸς ἀ. εἰσελθεῖν road
hard or
impossible to enter on,
X. An. 1.2.21 ;
ἀ. ἐστὶ γενέσθαι Emp. 12 , cf.
Hdt. 1.48 ,
204 ,
S. Ant. 175 , etc.: abs.,
ἀμήχανα impossibilities, ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾶν ib.
90 , cf.
92 ;
δεινὸς .. εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀ. πόρον A. Pr. 59 , cf.
Ar. Eq. 759 : Sup.,
Them. in Ph. 91.12 .
2). against whom or
which nothing can be done, irresistible, freq. in
Hom. of Zeus, Hera, Achilles;
ἀ. ἐσσι, ἀ. ἔπλευ, Il. 10.167 ,
16.29 ;
Ἔρος .. ἀ. ὄρπετον Sapph. 40 .
c). esp. of dreams,
inexplicable, not to be interpreted, Od. 19.560 .
3). extraordinary, enormous, ποταμῶν ἀ. μεγέθη Pl. Phd. 111d ;
ἡδοναί Id. Phlb. 46e ;
ἀμή χανον εὐδαιμονίας an inconceivable amount of happiness,
Id. Ap. 41c : freq.c.acc.,
ἀ. τὸ μέγεθος, τὸ κάλλος, τὸ πλῆθος, etc., i.e.
inconceivable 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. =
monsters): abs.,
infinitely great, δύναμις Plot. 5.3.16 .
b). freq. in Pl. with οἷος, ὅσος, ἀμήχανον ὅσον χρόνον Phd 95c ; ἀμηχάνῳ ὅσῳ πλέονι by it is impossible to say how much more, R. 588a ; ἀμή χανόν τι οἷον Chrm. 155d . Adv., ἀμηχάνως ὡς εὖ R. 527e ; ἀ. γε ὡς σφόδρα Phdr. 263d .
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without means
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Headword (normalized):
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀμήχᾰνος</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">ἀμάχανος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">without means</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">resources, helpless,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:363" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.363/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.363 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πενία ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:1.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 1.61 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πόριμον αὑτῷ τῇ πόλει δ’ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1429 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. καὶ ἄτεχνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:274c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:274c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 274c </a> ; of animals, opp. <span class="foreign greek">εὐμήχανος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:614b:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:614b.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 614b34 </a>: hence, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">incapable, awkward,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀφραδέες καὶ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:192/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Ap.</span> 192 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 1.85 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸν ἀ. ὀρθοῦν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:227" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:227/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 227 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. γυνή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:643" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:643/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 643 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. εἴς τι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">awkward at</span> thing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:408" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:408/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 408 </a>. Adv., <span class="foreign greek">ἀμηχάνως ἔχειν,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀμηχανεῖν</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:407" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:407/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 407 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span></span>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at a loss how to</span> do, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unable to</span> do, <span class="quote greek">τὸ δὲ βίᾳ πολιτῶν δρᾶν ἔφυν ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 79 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">-ώτατος ὅ τι χρὴ λέγειν πορίσασθαι</span> [<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>]<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg060.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg060.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> 60.12 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> more freq. in pass. sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">allowing of no means</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">impracticable, unmanageable,</span> c. inf., <span class="quote greek">ἀμήχανός ἐσσι πιθέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:726" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.726/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.726 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of things, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hard, impossible,</span> <span class="foreign greek">τοῦτό μ’ ἄνωγας ἀμήχανον ἄλλο τελέσσαι</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:262" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.262/canonical-url/"> 14.262 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῦτο δ’ ἀ. εὑρεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.25 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.48 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁδὸς ἀ. εἰσελθεῖν</span> road <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hard</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">impossible</span> to enter on, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:2:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:2:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.2.21 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. ἐστὶ γενέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 12 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.48 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:204/canonical-url/"> 204 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:175/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 175 </a>, etc.: abs., <span class="foreign greek">ἀμήχανα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">impossibilities,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾶν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:90/canonical-url/"> 90 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:92/canonical-url/"> 92 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δεινὸς .. εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀ. πόρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 59 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:759" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:759/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 759 </a>: Sup., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg039:91:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg039:91.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Them.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Ph.</span> 91.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">against whom</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">which nothing can be done, irresistible,</span> freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> of Zeus, Hera, Achilles; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ἐσσι, ἀ. ἔπλευ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.167/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.167 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.29/canonical-url/"> 16.29 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Ἔρος .. ἀ. ὄρπετον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 40 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of things, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ἔργα</span> mischief <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">without help</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">remedy,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.130/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.130 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δόλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:589" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:589/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 589 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κήδεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 66 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δύαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:561" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:561/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 561 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ἄλγος, νόσοι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 140 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:363" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:363/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 363 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">συμφορά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:5:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:5.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 5.11 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:392" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:392/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 392 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κακόν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:447" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:447/canonical-url/"> 447 </a>: Comp. <span class="quote greek">-ωτέρα, ἀγλαΐα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg004:51c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg004:51c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Them.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 4.51c </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> esp. of dreams, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inexplicable, not to be interpreted,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:560" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.560/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.560 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">extraordinary,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">enormous,</span> <span class="quote greek">ποταμῶν ἀ. μεγέθη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:111d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:111d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 111d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡδοναί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:46e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:46e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 46e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀμή χανον εὐδαιμονίας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">an inconceivable amount</span> of happiness, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:41c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:41c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 41c </a>: freq.c.acc., <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. τὸ μέγεθος, τὸ κάλλος, τὸ πλῆθος,</span> etc., i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inconceivable</span> in point of size, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:584b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:584b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 584b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:615a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:615a/canonical-url/"> 615a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 7.5.38 </a>: c. dat., <span class="quote greek">ἀ. πλήθει τε καὶ ἀτοπία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:229d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:229d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 229d </a> (nisi leg. <span class="foreign greek">ἀμηχάνων πλήθη τε καὶ ἀτοπίαι,</span> where <span class="foreign greek">ἀ.</span> = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">monsters):</span> abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">infinitely great,</span> <span class="quote greek">δύναμις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:3:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 5.3.16 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> with <span class="quote greek">οἷος, ὅσος, ἀμήχανον ὅσον χρόνον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd</span> 95c </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀμηχάνῳ ὅσῳ πλέονι</span> by <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it is impossible to say</span> how much more, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 588a </span>; <span class="quote greek">ἀμή χανόν τι οἷον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chrm.</span> 155d </span> . Adv., <span class="quote greek">ἀμηχάνως ὡς εὖ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 527e </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. γε ὡς σφόδρα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 263d </span> .</div> </div><br><br>'}