πολυμήχανος

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τῷ ἄφρονι περιττεύει τὸ πάθος → the stupid man is carried away by passion

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Full diacritics: πολυμήχᾰνος Medium diacritics: πολυμήχανος Low diacritics: πολυμήχανος Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΜΗΧΑΝΟΣ
Transliteration A: polymḗchanos Transliteration B: polymēchanos Transliteration C: polymichanos Beta Code: polumh/xanos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A resourceful, inventive, epith. of Odysseus, Il.2.173, etc., cf. S.Ph. 1135 (lyr.); of Apollo, h.Merc.319; π. μήτηρ, of Nature, Orph.H.10.1; π. βουλή Opp.H.2.54: in later Prose, π. περὶ τοὺς λόγους Aristid. Or.41(4).2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 666] reich an Kunstgriffen u. Hülfsmitteln, der sich überall zu helfen weiß, sinnreich, klug; Odysseus oft bei Hom., wie Soph. Phil. 1120; Apollo, H. h. Merc. 319.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πολῠμήχᾰνος: -ον, ὁ πολλὰ μηνανώμενος, ἐπινοῶν, ἐφευρετικός, συνετός, Ὁμηρικὸν ἐπίθ. τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως, Ἰλ. Β. 173, κτλ., πρβλ. Σοφ. Φιλ. 1135· ἐν Ὕμν. εἰς Ἑρμ. 319, ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, π. μήτηρ, ἐπὶ τῆς φύσεως, Ὀρφ. Ὕμν. 9. 1.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
au génie inventif, industrieux, fertile en expédients.
Étymologie: πολύς, μηχανή.