μῆχος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μᾶχος (mâkhos) – Doric
Etymology
May be from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”). See also Μάγος (Mágos).
Noun
μῆχος • (mêkhos) n (genitive μήχεος or μήχους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μῆχος tò mêkhos |
τὼ μήχεε tṑ mḗkhee |
τᾰ̀ μήχεᾰ tà mḗkhea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μήχεος toû mḗkheos |
τοῖν μηχέοιν toîn mēkhéoin |
τῶν μηχέων tôn mēkhéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μήχεῐ̈ tôi mḗkheï |
τοῖν μηχέοιν toîn mēkhéoin |
τοῖς μήχεσῐ(ν) toîs mḗkhesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μῆχος tò mêkhos |
τὼ μήχεε tṑ mḗkhee |
τᾰ̀ μήχεᾰ tà mḗkhea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῆχος mêkhos |
μήχεε mḗkhee |
μήχεᾰ mḗkhea | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Related terms
- μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
Further reading
- μῆχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μῆχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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