ἀμάχανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ μᾱχανᾱ́ (mākhanā́) +‎ -νος (-nos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mǎː.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/

Adjective

ἀμᾱ́χᾰνος • (amā́khănos) m or f (neuter ἀμᾱ́χᾰνον); second declension

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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνος; ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνον (Doric)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνος ămā́khănos	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνον ămā́khănon	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νω ămākhắnō	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νω ămākhắnō	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνοι ămā́khănoi	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνᾰ ămā́khănă
Genitive	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νοιο ămākhắnoio	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νοιο ămākhắnoio	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νοιν ămākhắnoin	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νοιν ămākhắnoin	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νων ămākhắnōn	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νων ămākhắnōn
Dative	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νῳ ămākhắnōi	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νῳ ămākhắnōi	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νοιν ămākhắnoin	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νοιν ămākhắnoin	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νοις ămākhắnois	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νοις ămākhắnois
Accusative	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνον ămā́khănon	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνον ămā́khănon	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νω ămākhắnō	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νω ămākhắnō	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νους ămākhắnous	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνᾰ ămā́khănă
Vocative	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνε ămā́khăne	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνον ămā́khănon	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νω ămākhắnō	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νω ămākhắnō	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνοι ămā́khănoi	ᾰ̓μᾱ́χᾰνᾰ ămā́khănă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰ́νως ămākhắnōs		ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰνώτερος ămākhănṓteros		ᾰ̓μᾱχᾰνώτᾰτος ămākhănṓtătos
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