COMPOUND: πολυμήχανος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [A+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘resourceful, inventive’
ETYMOLOGY: πολυ- (πολύς, πολλή, πολύ) ‘much’ + noun stem μηχαν- (μηχανή, -ῆς) ‘contrivance’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 173; IV, 358; VIII, 93; IX, 308, 624; X, 144; XXIII, 723; Od. I, 205; V, 203; X, 401, 456, 488, 504; XI, 60, 92, 405, 473, 617; XIII, 375; XIV, 486; XVI, 167; XXII, 164; XXIV, 192, 542.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., voc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: epith. of Odysseus