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1 ἀμήχανος
A without means or resources, helpless, Od.19.363;πενία ἀ. B.1.61
;πόριμον αὑτῷ τῇ πόλει δ' ἀ. Ar.Ra. 1429
;ἀ. καὶ ἄτεχνος Pl.Plt. 274c
; of animals, opp. εὐμήχανος, Arist.HA 614b34: hence,2 incapable, awkward,ἀφραδέες καὶ ἀ. h.Ap. 192
, cf. Theoc.1.85;τὸν ἀ. ὀρθοῦν A.Th. 227
;ἀ. γυνή E.Hipp. 643
; ἀ. εἴς τι awkward at thing, Id.Med. 408. Adv., ἀμηχάνως ἔχειν, = ἀμηχανεῖν, A.Ch. 407, E., etc.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: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: [comp] 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
.b of things, ἀ. ἔργα mischief without help or remedy, Il.8.130; ;κήδεα Archil.66
; (lyr.); ἄλγος, νόσοι, S.El. 140 (lyr.), Ant. 363 (lyr.);συμφορά Simon.5.11
, cf. E.Med. 392; κακόν ib. 447: [comp] Comp.-ωτέρα, ἀγλαΐα Them.Or.4.51c
.c esp. of dreams, inexplicable, not to be interpreted, Od.19.560.3 extraordinary, enormous,ποταμῶν ἀ. μεγέθη Pl.Phd. 111d
;; 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. withοἷος, 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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