to be
ἀμηχαν-άω,=sq., Opp. H. 3.328 , AP 9.591 , etc., in Ep. formsἀμηχανόωσιν, -όων. -έω, fut.
A.
-ήσω
Th. 7.48
:impf.
ἠμηχάνουν
Pl.Com. 45
:—to be ἀμήχανος, to be at a loss for,orin want of,
χρήματος οὐδενός
Hdt. 1.35
, cf. A.R. 4.692 ;ἀ. περί τινος aboutthing, 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 howto do, ὄσσαν συμβαλεῖν ἀμηχανῶ
Neophr. 1
;χρόνος . . ὃν λανθάνειν ἀ. know not howto escape, Antiph. 254 .
3. ἀμηχανῶν βιοτεύεινlivewithout 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 attheir coming, A.R. 4.692 ; so prob. ἀ. κακότητι
2.410
.
