μηχανή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps 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).
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.kʰaˈne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.xaˈni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.xaˈni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.xaˈni/
Noun
μηχᾰνή • (mēkhanḗ) f (genitive μηχᾰνῆς); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μηχᾰνή hē mēkhanḗ |
τὼ μηχᾰνᾱ́ tṑ mēkhanā́ |
αἱ μηχᾰναί hai mēkhanaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μηχᾰνῆς tês mēkhanês |
τοῖν μηχᾰναῖν toîn mēkhanaîn |
τῶν μηχᾰνῶν tôn mēkhanôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μηχᾰνῇ têi mēkhanêi |
τοῖν μηχᾰναῖν toîn mēkhanaîn |
ταῖς μηχᾰναῖς taîs mēkhanaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μηχᾰνήν tḕn mēkhanḗn |
τὼ μηχᾰνᾱ́ tṑ mēkhanā́ |
τᾱ̀ς μηχᾰνᾱ́ς tā̀s mēkhanā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | μηχᾰνή mēkhanḗ |
μηχᾰνᾱ́ mēkhanā́ |
μηχᾰναί mēkhanaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κᾰκομήχᾰνος (kakomḗkhanos)
- μηχᾰνάομαι (mēkhanáomai)
- μηχᾰνεύς (mēkhaneús)
- μηχᾰ́νημᾰ (mēkhánēma)
- μηχᾰ́νησῐς (mēkhánēsis)
- μηχᾰνῐκός (mēkhanikós)
- μηχᾰ́νωμᾰ (mēkhánōma)
Related terms
- μῆχος (mêkhos)
Descendants
See also descendants from Doric μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́).
- Greek: μηχανή (michaní)
- → Classical Syriac: ܡܐܟܢܐ
- → Coptic: ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ (mēkhanē)
- → Old Armenian: մեքենայ (mekʻenay)
- Armenian: մեքենա (mekʻena)
References
- “μηχανή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μηχανή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μηχανή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- apparatus idem, page 34.
- appliance idem, page 35.
- artifice idem, page 42.
- artillery idem, page 42.
- battering-ram idem, page 65.
- contrivance idem, page 170.
- device idem, page 220.
- engine idem, page 274.
- expedient idem, page 293.
- invention idem, page 456.
- machine idem, page 506.
- ram idem, page 670.
- resource idem, page 703.
- scheme idem, page 739.
- weapon idem, page 970.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ).
Noun
μηχανή • (michaní) f (plural μηχανές)
- machine, engine
- locomotive, the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself
- (colloquial) motorcycle, motorbike
- (figuratively) a way to deceive people
Declension
Declension of μηχανή
Synonyms
- (machine): μηχάνημα n (michánima)
- (motorcycle): μοτοσυκλέτα f (motosykléta)
Derived terms
- αμηχανία (amichanía)
- αμήχανος (amíchanos)
- ΑΤΜ f (ATM, “ATM”)
- αυτόματη ταμειακή μηχανή f (aftómati tameiakí michaní, “automatic cash machine”)
- αυτόματη ταμειολογιστική μηχανή f (aftómati tameiologistikí michaní, “automatic cash machine”)
- βιομηχανία (viomichanía, “industry”)
- βιομήχανος (viomíchanos, “industrialist”)
- μηχανάκι (michanáki, “diminutive form”)
- μηχανέλαιο (michanélaio)
- μηχανεύομαι (michanévomai)
- μηχανή αναζήτησης f (michaní anazítisis, “search engine”)
- μηχανή εσωτερικής καύσης f (michaní esoterikís káfsis, “internal combustion engine”)
- Μηχανικό (Michanikó)
- μηχανικός (michanikós, “engineer”)
- μηχανισμός (michanismós, “mechanism”)
- μηχανόβιος (michanóvios)
- μηχανογράφηση (michanográfisi)
- μηχανογραφώ (michanografó)
- μηχανοδηγός (michanodigós)
- μηχανοδηγός (michanodigós)
- μηχανοκατασκευή (michanokataskeví)
- μηχανοκίνητος (michanokínitos)
- μηχανοκρατία (michanokratía)
- μηχανοκρατούμαι (michanokratoúmai)
- μηχανόλαδο (michanólado)
- μηχανολογία (michanología)
- μηχανολόγος (michanológos, “engineer”)
- μηχανοποίητος (michanopoíitos)
- μηχανορραφία (michanorrafía)
- μηχανορραφία (michanorrafía)
- μηχανορράφος (michanorráfos)
- μηχανορραφώ (michanorrafó)
- μηχανοστάσιο (michanostásio)
- μηχανότρατα (michanótrata)
- μηχανουργείο (michanourgeío)
- μηχανουργικός (michanourgikós)
- μηχανουργός (michanourgós)
- παιχνιδομηχανή f (paichnidomichaní, “video game console”)
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