μηχανάομαι
Ancient Greek
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.kʰa.ná.o.mai̯/
 - (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.kʰaˈna.o.mɛ/
 - (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.xaˈna.o.mɛ/
 - (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.xaˈna.o.me/
 - (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.xaˈna.o.me/
 
Conjugation
    
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | μηχᾰνᾰ́ομαι | μηχᾰνᾰ́ῃ, μηχᾰνᾰ́ει  | 
μηχᾰνᾰ́εται | μηχᾰνᾰ́εσθον | μηχᾰνᾰ́εσθον | μηχᾰνᾰόμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνᾰ́εσθε | μηχᾰνᾰ́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | μηχᾰνᾰ́ωμαι | μηχᾰνᾰ́ῃ | μηχᾰνᾰ́ηται | μηχᾰνᾰ́ησθον | μηχᾰνᾰ́ησθον | μηχᾰνᾰώμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνᾰ́ησθε | μηχᾰνᾰ́ωνται | |||||
| optative | μηχᾰνᾰοίμην | μηχᾰνᾰ́οιο | μηχᾰνᾰ́οιτο | μηχᾰνᾰ́οισθον | μηχᾰνᾰοίσθην | μηχᾰνᾰοίμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνᾰ́οισθε | μηχᾰνᾰ́οιντο | |||||
| imperative | μηχᾰνᾰ́ου | μηχᾰνᾰέσθω | μηχᾰνᾰ́εσθον | μηχᾰνᾰέσθων | μηχᾰνᾰ́εσθε | μηχᾰνᾰέσθων | |||||||
| infinitive | μηχᾰνᾰ́εσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μηχᾰνᾰόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | μηχᾰνᾰομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μηχᾰνᾰόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
The third-person plural indicative μηχανόωνται is also found in Homer.  | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | μηχᾰνῶμαι | μηχᾰνᾷ | μηχᾰνᾶται | μηχᾰνᾶσθον | μηχᾰνᾶσθον | μηχᾰνώμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνᾶσθε | μηχᾰνῶνται | ||||
| subjunctive | μηχᾰνῶμαι | μηχᾰνᾷ | μηχᾰνᾶται | μηχᾰνᾶσθον | μηχᾰνᾶσθον | μηχᾰνώμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνᾶσθε | μηχᾰνῶνται | |||||
| optative | μηχᾰνῴμην | μηχᾰνῷο | μηχᾰνῷτο | μηχᾰνῷσθον | μηχᾰνῴσθην | μηχᾰνῴμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνῷσθε | μηχᾰνῷντο | |||||
| imperative | μηχᾰνῶ | μηχᾰνᾱ́σθω | μηχᾰνᾶσθον | μηχᾰνᾱ́σθων | μηχᾰνᾶσθε | μηχᾰνᾱ́σθων | |||||||
| infinitive | μηχᾰνᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μηχᾰνώμενος | |||||||||||
| f | μηχᾰνωμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μηχᾰνώμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
The third-person plural indicative μηχανόωνται is also found in Homer.  | ||||||||||||
   Imperfect: ἐμηχᾰνᾰόμην (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐμηχᾰνᾰόμην | ἐμηχᾰνᾰ́ου | ἐμηχᾰνᾰ́ετο | ἐμηχᾰνᾰ́εσθον | ἐμηχᾰνᾰέσθην | ἐμηχᾰνᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐμηχᾰνᾰ́εσθε | ἐμηχᾰνᾰ́οντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.  | ||||||||||||
   Imperfect: ἐμηχᾰνώμην (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐμηχᾰνώμην | ἐμηχᾰνῶ | ἐμηχᾰνᾶτο | ἐμηχᾰνᾶσθον | ἐμηχᾰνᾱ́σθην | ἐμηχᾰνώμεθᾰ | ἐμηχᾰνᾶσθε | ἐμηχᾰνῶντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.  | ||||||||||||
   Future: μηχᾰνήσομαι 
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | μηχᾰνήσομαι | μηχᾰνήσῃ, μηχᾰνήσει  | 
μηχᾰνήσεται | μηχᾰνήσεσθον | μηχᾰνήσεσθον | μηχᾰνησόμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνήσεσθε | μηχᾰνήσονται | ||||
| optative | μηχᾰνησοίμην | μηχᾰνήσοιο | μηχᾰνήσοιτο | μηχᾰνήσοισθον | μηχᾰνησοίσθην | μηχᾰνησοίμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνήσοισθε | μηχᾰνήσοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μηχᾰνήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μηχᾰνησόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | μηχᾰνησομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μηχᾰνησόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.  | ||||||||||||
   Aorist: ἐμηχᾰνησᾰ́μην 
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐμηχᾰνησᾰ́μην | ἐμηχᾰνήσω | ἐμηχᾰνήσᾰτο | ἐμηχᾰνήσᾰσθον | ἐμηχᾰνησᾰ́σθην | ἐμηχᾰνησᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐμηχᾰνήσᾰσθε | ἐμηχᾰνήσᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | μηχᾰνήσωμαι | μηχᾰνήσῃ | μηχᾰνήσηται | μηχᾰνήσησθον | μηχᾰνήσησθον | μηχᾰνησώμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνήσησθε | μηχᾰνήσωνται | |||||
| optative | μηχᾰνησαίμην | μηχᾰνήσαιο | μηχᾰνήσαιτο | μηχᾰνήσαισθον | μηχᾰνησαίσθην | μηχᾰνησαίμεθᾰ | μηχᾰνήσαισθε | μηχᾰνήσαιντο | |||||
| imperative | μηχᾰ́νησαι | μηχᾰνησᾰ́σθω | μηχᾰνήσᾰσθον | μηχᾰνησᾰ́σθων | μηχᾰνήσᾰσθε | μηχᾰνησᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μηχᾰνήσᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μηχᾰνησᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | μηχᾰνησᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μηχᾰνησᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.  | ||||||||||||
   Perfect: μεμηχάνημαι 
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | μεμηχάνημαι | μεμηχάνησαι | μεμηχάνηται | μεμηχάνησθον | μεμηχάνησθον | μεμηχανήμεθᾰ | μεμηχάνησθε | μεμηχάνηνται | ||||
| subjunctive | μεμηχανημένος ὦ | μεμηχανημένος ᾖς | μεμηχανημένος ᾖ | μεμηχανημένω ἦτον | μεμηχανημένω ἦτον | μεμηχανημένοι ὦμεν | μεμηχανημένοι ἦτε | μεμηχανημένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μεμηχανημένος εἴην | μεμηχανημένος εἴης | μεμηχανημένος εἴη | μεμηχανημένω εἴητον/εἶτον | μεμηχανημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | μεμηχανημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | μεμηχανημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | μεμηχανημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
| imperative | μεμηχάνησο | μεμηχανήσθω | μεμηχάνησθον | μεμηχανήσθων | μεμηχάνησθε | μεμηχανήσθων | |||||||
| infinitive | μεμηχανῆσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μεμηχανημένος | |||||||||||
| f | μεμηχανημένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μεμηχανημένον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.  | ||||||||||||
Further reading
    
- “μηχανάομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
 - μηχανάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
 - μηχανάομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
 - “μηχανάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. 
- brew idem, page 97.
 - concoct idem, page 156.
 - contrive idem, page 170.
 - design idem, page 215.
 - devise idem, page 220.
 - evolve idem, page 286.
 - form idem, page 338.
 - frame idem, page 342.
 - instigate idem, page 446.
 - invent idem, page 456.
 - manœuvre idem, page 513.
 - originate idem, page 580.
 - plan idem, page 617.
 - plot idem, page 621.
 - procure idem, page 644.
 - scheme idem, page 739.
 - shape idem, page 762.
 - think idem, page 867.
 - work idem, page 988.
 
 
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