without means
ἀμήχᾰνος, Dor.
ἀμάχανος,ον,
A. without meansorresources, 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 atthing, Id. Med. 408 .Adv.,ἀμηχάνως ἔχειν,
= ἀμηχανεῖν , A. Ch. 407 , E. , etc.
3. c.inf.,at a loss how todo,unable todo, 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 τελέσσαιib. 14.262 ; τοῦτο δ' ἀ. εὑρεῖν
Pi. O. 7.25
, cf. Hdt. 1.48 ;ὁδὸς ἀ. εἰσελθεῖνroadhardorimpossibleto 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 ἐρᾶνib. 90 , cf. 92 ; δεινὸς . . εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀ. πόρον
A. Pr. 59
, cf. Ar. Eq. 759 : Sup. , Them. in Ph. 91.12 .
2. against whomorwhich 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. ἔργαmischiefwithout helporremedy,
Il. 8.130 ; δόλος
Hes. Th. 589
; κήδεα
Archil. 66
; δύαι
A. Eu. 561
(lyr.);ἄλγος, νόσοι,
S. El. 140 (lyr.), Ant. 363 (lyr.); συμφορά
Simon. 5.11
, cf. E. Med. 392 ;κακόνib. 447 : Comp.
-ωτέρα, ἀγλαί̈α
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
; ἡδοναί
Id. Phlb. 46e
;ἀμή χανον εὐδαιμονίας an inconceivable amountof happiness, Id. Ap. 41c : freq.c.acc.,ἀ. τὸ μέγεθος, τὸ κάλλος, τὸ πλῆθος,etc., i.e.inconceivablein 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,whereἀ. = monsters):abs.,infinitely great,
δύναμις
Plot. 5.3.16
.
b. freq. in Pl. with οἷος, ὅσος, ἀμήχανον ὅσον χρόνον
Phd 95c
;ἀμηχάνῳ ὅσῳ πλέονιbyit is impossible to sayhow much more, R. 588a ; ἀμή χανόν τι οἷον
Chrm. 155d
.Adv., ἀμηχάνως ὡς εὖ
R. 527e
; ἀ. γε ὡς σφόδρα
Phdr. 263d
.
