"μηχανή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μηχανή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/, /mi.xaˈni/, /mi.xaˈni/, /mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝.kʰaˈne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /mi.xaˈni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /mi.xaˈni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /mi.xaˈni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unknown. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”), with cognates including Old Church Slavonic могѫ (mogǫ) and Old English magan, miht, mæġen (English may, might, main). See also Μάγος (Mágos). Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin, based on the infix -αν- (-an-), as well as formal difficulties in deriving the word's ablauting paradigm from *megʰ-, and considers it a doublet of Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “charm, block (wheelbox)”). Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*megʰ-||to be able}} Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”), {{cog|cu|могѫ}} Old Church Slavonic могѫ (mogǫ), {{cog|ang|magan}} Old English magan, {{cog|en|may}} English may, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|grc|μάγγανον|t=charm, block (wheelbox)}} Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “charm, block (wheelbox)”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μηχᾰνή|μηχᾰνῆς|f|first}} μηχᾰνή • (mēkhănḗ) f (genitive μηχᾰνῆς); first declension, {{term-label|grc|Attic|Ionic|Koine}} (Attic, Ionic, Koine) Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μηχᾰνή|μηχᾰνῆς}}, {{grc-decl|μᾱχᾰνᾱ́|μᾱχᾰνᾶς||dial=lak}} Forms: μηχᾰνή [canonical], mēkhănḗ [romanization], μηχᾰνῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μηχᾰνή [nominative, singular], τὼ μηχᾰνᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ μηχᾰναί [nominative, plural], τῆς μηχᾰνῆς [genitive, singular], τοῖν μηχᾰναῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν μηχᾰνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μηχᾰνῇ [dative, singular], τοῖν μηχᾰναῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς μηχᾰναῖς [dative, plural], τὴν μηχᾰνήν [accusative, singular], τὼ μηχᾰνᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μηχᾰνᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], μηχᾰνή [singular, vocative], μηχᾰνᾱ́ [dual, vocative], μηχᾰναί [plural, vocative], declension-1 [table-tags], ᾱ̔ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ [nominative, singular], τὼ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ [dual, nominative], ταὶ μᾱχᾰναί [nominative, plural], τᾶς μᾱχᾰνᾶς [genitive, singular], τοῖν μᾱχᾰναῖν [dual, genitive], τᾶν μᾱχᾰνᾶν [genitive, plural], τᾷ μᾱχᾰνᾷ [dative, singular], τοῖν μᾱχᾰναῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς μᾱχᾰναῖς [dative, plural], τᾱ̀ν μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ν [accusative, singular], τὼ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ [singular, vocative], μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ [dual, vocative], μᾱχᾰναί [plural, vocative], μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ [alternative]
  1. contrivance, machine, device, gear Tags: Attic, Ionic, Koine
    Sense id: en-μηχανή-grc-noun-VtMKNDAW
  2. way, means Tags: Attic, Ionic, Koine
    Sense id: en-μηχανή-grc-noun-GJOI-7rL Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Attic Greek, Ionic Greek, Koine Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 35 65 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 6 94 Disambiguation of Ionic Greek: 2 98 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἀμήχανος (amḗkhanos), κᾰκομήχᾰνος (kăkomḗkhănos), μηχᾰνάομαι (mēkhănáomai), μηχᾰνεύς (mēkhăneús), μηχᾰ́νημᾰ (mēkhắnēmă), μηχᾰ́νησῐς (mēkhắnēsĭs), μηχᾰνῐκός (mēkhănĭkós), μηχᾰ́νωμᾰ (mēkhắnōmă), ποικῐλομήχᾰνος (poikĭlomḗkhănos) Related terms: μῆχος (mêkhos)
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "amḗkhanos",
      "word": "ἀμήχανος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kăkomḗkhănos",
      "word": "κᾰκομήχᾰνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mēkhănáomai",
      "word": "μηχᾰνάομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mēkhăneús",
      "word": "μηχᾰνεύς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mēkhắnēmă",
      "word": "μηχᾰ́νημᾰ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mēkhắnēsĭs",
      "word": "μηχᾰ́νησῐς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mēkhănĭkós",
      "word": "μηχᾰνῐκός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mēkhắnōmă",
      "word": "μηχᾰ́νωμᾰ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "poikĭlomḗkhănos",
      "word": "ποικῐλομήχᾰνος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μηχανή"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: μηχανή (michaní)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μηχανή (michaní)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܡܐܟܢܐ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܐܟܢܐ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܐܟܢܐ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ (mēkhanē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ (mēkhanē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "մեքենայ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: մեքենայ (mekʻenay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: մեքենայ (mekʻenay)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "մեքենա"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: մեքենա (mekʻena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: մեքենա (mekʻena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "مېچن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mēčə́n"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: مېچن (mēčə́n)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: مېچن (mēčə́n)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*megʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to be able"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "могѫ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "magan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English magan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "may"
      },
      "expansion": "English may",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάγγανον",
        "t": "charm, block (wheelbox)"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”), with cognates including Old Church Slavonic могѫ (mogǫ) and Old English magan, miht, mæġen (English may, might, main). See also Μάγος (Mágos).\nBeekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin, based on the infix -αν- (-an-), as well as formal difficulties in deriving the word's ablauting paradigm from *megʰ-, and considers it a doublet of Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “charm, block (wheelbox)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰνή",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēkhănḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰνῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μηχᾰνή",
      "roman": "hē mēkhănḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μηχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ mēkhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μηχᾰναί",
      "roman": "hai mēkhănaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μηχᾰνῆς",
      "roman": "tês mēkhănês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηχᾰναῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mēkhănaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μηχᾰνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn mēkhănôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μηχᾰνῇ",
      "roman": "têi mēkhănêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηχᾰναῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mēkhănaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μηχᾰναῖς",
      "roman": "taîs mēkhănaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μηχᾰνήν",
      "roman": "tḕn mēkhănḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μηχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ mēkhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μηχᾰνᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mēkhănā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰνή",
      "roman": "mēkhănḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "mēkhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰναί",
      "roman": "mēkhănaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾱ̔ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "hā mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταὶ μᾱχᾰναί",
      "roman": "taì mākhănaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾶς μᾱχᾰνᾶς",
      "roman": "tâs mākhănâs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾱχᾰναῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mākhănaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾶν μᾱχᾰνᾶν",
      "roman": "tân mākhănân",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾷ μᾱχᾰνᾷ",
      "roman": "tâi mākhănâi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾱχᾰναῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mākhănaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μᾱχᾰναῖς",
      "roman": "taîs mākhănaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ν μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ν",
      "roman": "tā̀n mākhănā́n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mākhănā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱχᾰναί",
      "roman": "mākhănaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "mākhănā́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "μηχᾰνή",
        "2": "μηχᾰνῆς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "μηχᾰνή • (mēkhănḗ) f (genitive μηχᾰνῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Attic",
        "3": "Ionic",
        "4": "Koine"
      },
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      "name": "term-label"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μηχᾰνή",
        "2": "μηχᾰνῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
        "2": "μᾱχᾰνᾶς",
        "3": "",
        "dial": "lak"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mêkhos",
      "word": "μῆχος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "contrivance, machine, device, gear"
      ],
      "id": "en-μηχανή-grc-noun-VtMKNDAW",
      "links": [
        [
          "contrivance",
          "contrivance"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "gear",
          "gear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Attic Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ionic Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Koine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "way, means"
      ],
      "id": "en-μηχανή-grc-noun-GJOI-7rL",
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝.kʰaˈne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μηχανή"
}
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    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Attic Greek",
    "Ionic Greek",
    "Koine Greek",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Vehicles"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "amḗkhanos",
      "word": "ἀμήχανος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kăkomḗkhănos",
      "word": "κᾰκομήχᾰνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēkhănáomai",
      "word": "μηχᾰνάομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēkhăneús",
      "word": "μηχᾰνεύς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēkhắnēmă",
      "word": "μηχᾰ́νημᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēkhắnēsĭs",
      "word": "μηχᾰ́νησῐς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēkhănĭkós",
      "word": "μηχᾰνῐκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēkhắnōmă",
      "word": "μηχᾰ́νωμᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "poikĭlomḗkhănos",
      "word": "ποικῐλομήχᾰνος"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μηχανή"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: μηχανή (michaní)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μηχανή (michaní)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܡܐܟܢܐ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܐܟܢܐ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܐܟܢܐ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ (mēkhanē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ (mēkhanē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "մեքենայ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: մեքենայ (mekʻenay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: մեքենայ (mekʻenay)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "մեքենա"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: մեքենա (mekʻena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: մեքենա (mekʻena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "مېچن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mēčə́n"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: مېچن (mēčə́n)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: مېچن (mēčə́n)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*megʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to be able"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "могѫ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic могѫ (mogǫ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "magan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English magan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "may"
      },
      "expansion": "English may",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάγγανον",
        "t": "charm, block (wheelbox)"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “charm, block (wheelbox)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”), with cognates including Old Church Slavonic могѫ (mogǫ) and Old English magan, miht, mæġen (English may, might, main). See also Μάγος (Mágos).\nBeekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin, based on the infix -αν- (-an-), as well as formal difficulties in deriving the word's ablauting paradigm from *megʰ-, and considers it a doublet of Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “charm, block (wheelbox)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰνή",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēkhănḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰνῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μηχᾰνή",
      "roman": "hē mēkhănḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μηχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ mēkhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μηχᾰναί",
      "roman": "hai mēkhănaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μηχᾰνῆς",
      "roman": "tês mēkhănês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηχᾰναῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mēkhănaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μηχᾰνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn mēkhănôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μηχᾰνῇ",
      "roman": "têi mēkhănêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηχᾰναῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mēkhănaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μηχᾰναῖς",
      "roman": "taîs mēkhănaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μηχᾰνήν",
      "roman": "tḕn mēkhănḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μηχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ mēkhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μηχᾰνᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mēkhănā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰνή",
      "roman": "mēkhănḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "mēkhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχᾰναί",
      "roman": "mēkhănaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾱ̔ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "hā mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταὶ μᾱχᾰναί",
      "roman": "taì mākhănaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾶς μᾱχᾰνᾶς",
      "roman": "tâs mākhănâs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾱχᾰναῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mākhănaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾶν μᾱχᾰνᾶν",
      "roman": "tân mākhănân",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾷ μᾱχᾰνᾷ",
      "roman": "tâi mākhănâi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾱχᾰναῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mākhănaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μᾱχᾰναῖς",
      "roman": "taîs mākhănaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ν μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ν",
      "roman": "tā̀n mākhănā́n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mākhănā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "mākhănā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱχᾰναί",
      "roman": "mākhănaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
      "roman": "mākhănā́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "μηχᾰνή",
        "2": "μηχᾰνῆς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "μηχᾰνή • (mēkhănḗ) f (genitive μηχᾰνῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Attic",
        "3": "Ionic",
        "4": "Koine"
      },
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      "name": "term-label"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μηχᾰνή",
        "2": "μηχᾰνῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾱχᾰνᾱ́",
        "2": "μᾱχᾰνᾶς",
        "3": "",
        "dial": "lak"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "mêkhos",
      "word": "μῆχος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "contrivance, machine, device, gear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contrivance",
          "contrivance"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "gear",
          "gear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "way, means"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝.kʰaˈne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.xaˈni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μηχανή"
}

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