ἀμαχανία

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ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop

Source

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμαχανία: ἀμάχανος, Δωρ. ἀντὶ ἀμηχανία, ἀμήχανος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

dor. c. ἀμηχανία.

English (Slater)

ᾰμᾱχᾰνία
   1 despair, helplessness, extremity ὑπ' ἀμαχανίας ἄγων ἐς φάος τόνδε δᾶμον (O. 5.14) εἶδον τὰ πόλλ' ἐν ἀμαχανίᾳ ψογερὸν Ἀρχίλοχον (P. 2.54) σιγαλὸν ἀμαχανίαν ἔργῳ φυγών (P. 9.92) εἰ καί τι Διωνύσου ἄρουρα φέρει βιόδωρον ἀμαχανίας ἄκος (Pae. 4.26) ἧλθον ἔταις ἀμαχανίαν ἀλέξων τεοῖσιν ἐμαῖς τε τιμαῖς (Pae. 6.10) pl. desperate situations, δύνασαι δὲ βροτο. ῖσιν ἀλκὰν ἀμαχανιᾶν δυσβάτων θαμὰ διδόμεν (N. 7.97)