Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαχανά ‎(makhaná) (Doric)

Noun

μηχανή • ‎(mēkhanḗ) f ‎(genitive μηχανῆς); first declension

1. contrivance, machine, device, gear
2. way, means

Inflection

Derived terms

• μηχανάομαι ‎(mēkhanáomai)
• μηχανεύς ‎(mēkhaneús)
• μηχάνημα ‎(mēkhánēma)
• μηχάνησις ‎(mēkhánēsis)
• μηχανικός ‎(mēkhanikós)
• μηχάνωμα ‎(mēkhánōma)

Related terms

• μῆχος ‎(mêkhos)

Descendants

• Latin: māchina

References

• μηχανή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μηχανή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «μηχανή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apparatus idem, page 34.
  • appliance idem, page 35.
  • artifice idem, page 42.
  • artillery idem, page 42.
  • battering-ram idem, page 65.
  • contrivance idem, page 170.
  • device idem, page 220.
  • engine idem, page 274.
  • expedient idem, page 293.
  • invention idem, page 456.
  • machine idem, page 506.
  • ram idem, page 670.
  • resource idem, page 703.
  • scheme idem, page 739.
  • weapon idem, page 970.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

μηχανή • ‎(michaní) f ‎(plural μηχανές)

1. machine, engine
2. locomotive, the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself
3. (colloquial) motorcycle, motorbike
4. (figuratively) a way to deceive people

Declension

Synonyms

• (machine): μηχάνημα n ‎(michánima)
• (motorcycle): μοτοσυκλέτα f ‎(motosykléta)

Derived terms