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δυσμήχανος

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Full diacritics: δυσμήχᾰνος Medium diacritics: δυσμήχανος Low diacritics: δυσμήχανος Capitals: ΔΥΣΜΗΧΑΝΟΣ
Transliteration A: dysmḗchanos Transliteration B: dysmēchanos Transliteration C: dysmichanos Beta Code: dusmh/xanos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A hard to effect, Epimen. ap. D.L.1.113; difficult, Ἀρχύτεω δυσμήχανα ἔργα κυλίνδρων Eratosth.Fr.35.7; prob. f.l. for δύσμαχον, J.BJ4.1.2.    II Act., at a loss, πρός τι Them.Or. 10.137b.    III devising ill, Nonn.D.44.210; δόλος ib.35.273; also, ill-devised, wicked, ἔργον Opp.H.3.404.

German (Pape)

[Seite 684] 1) schwer auszuführen, schwierig; δ. ἔργον ἀνύσσαι Opp. H. 3, 404, u. a. Sp. – 2) bei Themist. = der sich nicht zu rathen weiß, rathlos, πρός τι.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δυσμήχᾰνος: -ον, δυσκατόρθωτος, δυσεκτέλεστος, Ἐπιμεν. παρὰ Διογ. Λ. 1. 113, Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 3. 404. ΙΙ. ἐνεργ., ἐν ἀπορίᾳ εὑρισκόμενος, ἀπορῶν, Θεμιστλ 137Β.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
1 difficile à accomplir;
2 embarrassé, dépourvu de ressources.
Étymologie: δυσ-, μηχανή.