"μῆχος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μῆχος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛ̂ː.kʰos/, /ˈmi.xos/, /ˈmi.xos/, /mɛ̂ː.kʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme̝.kʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmi.xos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmi.xos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.xos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”). See also Μάγος (Mágos). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*megʰ-|t=to be able}} Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μήχους|n|third|gen2=μήχεος}} μῆχος • (mêkhos) n (genitive μήχους or μήχεος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μῆχος|ους|dial=att}}, {{grc-decl|μῆχος|εος|dial=epi}}, {{grc-decl|μῆχος|εος|dial=ion}} Forms: mêkhos [romanization], μήχους [genitive], μήχεος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ μῆχος [nominative, singular], τὼ μήχει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μήχη [nominative, plural], τοῦ μήχους [genitive, singular], τοῖν μηχοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν μηχῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ μήχει [dative, singular], τοῖν μηχοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς μήχεσῐ [dative, plural], μήχεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs mḗkhesĭ [dative, plural], toîs mḗkhesĭn [dative, plural], τὸ μῆχος [accusative, singular], τὼ μήχει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μήχη [accusative, plural], μῆχος [singular, vocative], μήχει [dual, vocative], μήχη [plural, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], μῆχος [nominative, singular], μήχει [dual, nominative], μήχεε [dual, nominative], μήχεᾰ [nominative, plural], μήχεος [genitive, singular], μήχευς [genitive, singular], μηχέοιν [dual, genitive], μηχέων [genitive, plural], μήχει [dative, singular], μήχεῐ̈ [dative, singular], μηχέοιν [dative, dual], μήχεσῐ [dative, plural], μήχεσῐν [dative, plural], mḗkhesĭ [dative, plural], mḗkhesĭn [dative, plural], μῆχος [accusative, singular], μήχει [accusative, dual], μήχεε [accusative, dual], μήχεᾰ [accusative, plural], μῆχος [singular, vocative], μήχει [dual, vocative], μήχεε [dual, vocative], μήχεᾰ [plural, vocative], declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ μῆχος [nominative, singular], τὼ μήχει [dual, nominative], μήχεε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μήχεᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μήχεος [genitive, singular], μήχευς [genitive, singular], τοῖν μηχέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μηχέων [genitive, plural], τῷ μήχει [dative, singular], μήχεῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν μηχέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖσῐ [dative, plural], τοῖσῐν μήχεσῐ [dative, plural], μήχεσῐν [dative, plural], toîsĭ mḗkhesĭ [dative, plural], toîsĭ mḗkhesĭn [dative, plural], toîsĭnĭ [dative, plural], toîsĭnĭn [dative, plural], τὸ μῆχος [accusative, singular], τὼ μήχει [accusative, dual], μήχεε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μήχεᾰ [accusative, plural], μῆχος [singular, vocative], μήχει [dual, vocative], μήχεε [dual, vocative], μήχεᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. means, expedient, remedy Synonyms: μᾶχος (mâkhos) [Doric] Related terms: μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
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      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τοῖσῐν μήχεσῐ",
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      "form": "μήχεσῐν",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "toîsĭnĭ",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme̝.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆχος",
      "roman": "tò mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήχει",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μήχη",
      "roman": "tằ mḗkhē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μήχους",
      "roman": "toû mḗkhous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηχοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mēkhoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μηχῶν",
      "roman": "tôn mēkhôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μήχει",
      "roman": "tôi mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηχοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mēkhoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μήχεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs mḗkhesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs mḗkhesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆχος",
      "roman": "tò mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήχει",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μήχη",
      "roman": "tằ mḗkhē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆχος",
      "roman": "mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχει",
      "roman": "mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχη",
      "roman": "mḗkhē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆχος",
      "roman": "mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχει",
      "roman": "mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεε",
      "roman": "mḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεᾰ",
      "roman": "mḗkheă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεος",
      "roman": "mḗkheos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχευς",
      "roman": "mḗkheus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχέοιν",
      "roman": "mēkhéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχέων",
      "roman": "mēkhéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχει",
      "roman": "mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεῐ̈",
      "roman": "mḗkheĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηχέοιν",
      "roman": "mēkhéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mḗkhesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mḗkhesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆχος",
      "roman": "mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχει",
      "roman": "mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεε",
      "roman": "mḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεᾰ",
      "roman": "mḗkheă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆχος",
      "roman": "mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχει",
      "roman": "mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεε",
      "roman": "mḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεᾰ",
      "roman": "mḗkheă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆχος",
      "roman": "tò mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήχει",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεε",
      "roman": "mḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μήχεᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ mḗkheă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μήχεος",
      "roman": "toû mḗkheos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχευς",
      "roman": "mḗkheus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηχέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mēkhéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μηχέων",
      "roman": "tôn mēkhéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μήχει",
      "roman": "tôi mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεῐ̈",
      "roman": "mḗkheĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηχέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mēkhéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν μήχεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ mḗkhesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ mḗkhesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆχος",
      "roman": "tò mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήχει",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεε",
      "roman": "mḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μήχεᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ mḗkheă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆχος",
      "roman": "mêkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχει",
      "roman": "mḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεε",
      "roman": "mḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήχεᾰ",
      "roman": "mḗkheă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μήχους",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "μήχεος"
      },
      "expansion": "μῆχος • (mêkhos) n (genitive μήχους or μήχεος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μῆχος",
        "2": "ους",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μῆχος",
        "2": "εος",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μῆχος",
        "2": "εος",
        "dial": "ion"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "mēkhanḗ",
      "word": "μηχανή"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
        "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "means, expedient, remedy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "expedient",
          "expedient"
        ],
        [
          "remedy",
          "remedy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme̝.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mâkhos",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "μᾶχος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μῆχος"
}

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