ἀμήχανον | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Lacking means or resources; helpless, at a loss, unable to act. Also, of situations or things, difficult to manage, insoluble, “beyond one’s contrivance.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἀμήχανον"

Case: nominative (or accusative/vocative possible depending on syntax)

Number: singular

Gender: neuter

Degree: positive

Declension: 1st/2nd declension adjective (two-termination pattern: -ος m/f, -ον n)

Formation: compound/derived with privative alpha (ἀ-) + root related to μηχανή; meaning 'without means/resourceful device' → 'helpless, impracticable'

Related Forms of ἀμήχανος

3 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἀμήχανος nominative, singular, masculine/feminine ἀμηχάνων genitive, plural, masculine/neuter τἀμήχανα nominative or accusative, plural, neuter

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