μαχανά
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
Doric for μηχανή.
French (Bailly abrégé)
dor. c. μηχανή.
English (Slater)
μᾱχᾰνά
1 resource(s), resourcefulness ἐκ θεῶν γὰρ μαχαναὶ πᾶσαι βροτέαις ἀρεταῖς (P. 1.41) τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν (P. 3.62) δαίμον' ἀσκήσω κατ ἐμὰν θεραπεύων μαχανάν (P. 3.109) τεὸν χρέος, ὦ παῖ, νεώτατον καλῶν, ἐμᾷ ποτανὸν ἀμφὶ μαχανᾷ (P. 8.34) βίον κορυσσέμεν ὀρθοβούλοισι μαχαναῖς (P. 8.75) ἐπεὶ ψεύδεσί (οἱ = Ὁμήρῳ) ποτανᾷ τε μαχανᾷ σεμνὸν ἔπεστί τι (N. 7.22)
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μᾱχᾰνά: ἡ дор. = μηχανή.
