mhcanhv
mhca±nhv , Dor. ma<Eth>canav , hJ , ( mh`co" ) = Lat. machina :
I. an instrument, machine for lifting weights and the like, Hdt.; m. Poseidw`no" , of the trident, Aesch.; laopovroi" m ., of Xerxes‘ bridge of boats, Id.
2.
an engine
of war, Thuc.
3.
a theatrical machine,
by which gods were made to appear in the air, Plat.: hence proverb. of any sudden appearance,
w{sper ajpo; mhcanh`"
(cf. Lat.
deus ex machina
),
Dem.
II. any contrivance, for doing a thing, Hdt., etc.: in pl. mhcanaiv , shifts, devices, arts, wiles, Hes., Att.; mhcanai`" Diov" by the arts of Zeus, Aesch.; proverb., mhcanai; Sisuvfou Ar.:—Phrases, mhcanhvn or mhcana;" prosfevrein Eur.; euJrivskein Aesch., etc.:—c. gen., m. kakw`n a contrivance against ills, Eur.; but, m. swthriva" a way of providing safety, Aesch.
2.
oujdemiva mhcanhv »ejsti1/4 o{pw" ouj
, c. fut., Hdt.; also,
mh; ouj
, c. inf., Id.
3.
in adverb, phrases,
ejk mhcanh`" tino"
in some
way
or other, Id.;
mhdemih`/ mhcanh`/
by no
means
whatsoever, Id.
mhcavnhma
mhcavnhma , ato", tov , = mhcanhv , an engine, used in sieges, Dem.
II. a subtle contrivance, cunning work, Trag.; of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, Aesch.
mhcanhtevon
mhca±nhtevon , verb. Adj. of mhcanavomai , one must contrive, Plat.
mhcanhtikov"
mhca±nhtikov" , hv, ovn , = mhcanikov" , Xen.
mhcanikov"
mhca±nikov" , hv, ovn , full of resources, inventive, ingenious, clever, Xen.
2.
c. gen. rei,
able to procure,
Id.
II.
of
or
for machines, mechanical,
Arist.:—
oJ mhcanikov"
an engineer,
Plut.
mhcaniwvth"
mhca±niwvth" , ou, oJ , h. Hom.
mhca±no-divfh" , ou, oJ , ( di<Eth>favw ) inventing artifices, Ar.
mhcanovei"
mhca±novei" , essa, en , ( mhcanhv ) ingenious, Soph.
mhcanopoiov"
mhca±no-poiov" , oJ , ( poievw ) an engineer, maker of war engines, Plat., Xen.: a theatrical machinist, Ar.
mhcanorrafevw
mhca±norra±fevw , to form crafty plans, Aesch. From mhcanorravfo"
mhcanorravfo"
mhca±nor-ravfo" , on , ( rJavptw ) craftily-dealing, Soph.: c. gen., m. kakw`n crafty workers of ill, Eur.