COMPOUND: ἀμήχανος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘without means or resources, helpless’ 
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + noun root μηχαν- (μηχανή) ‘any artificial means or contrivance’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. X, 167; XI, 310; XIV, 262; XVI, 29; XIII, 726; XIX, 273; Od. XIX, 363, 560
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., nom. n. pl., nom. f. (target gender) sg., nom. m. pl., acc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – bahuvrῑhi
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