μηχάνημα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, = foreg.,

   A machine, Hp.Art.42; mechanical device, Arist.Mech.848a36; esp. engine of war, used in sieges, mostly in pl., D.18.87, Plb.1.48.2, Plu.Marc.14, etc.    II subtle contrivance, freq. in Trag., as A.Pr.469,989; of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, Id.Ch.981; λόγου μ. ποικίλον S. OC762; τὰ Ἥρας μ. E.HF855; οὐδενὶ μηχανήματιοὐδ' ἀπάτῃ Antipho 5.22; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους μ. X.Cyr.1.6.38; πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος τῆς ἀρχῆς ib. 8.6.17; μ. εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι τοῖς νόμοις Id.Lac.8.5; δεῖ μηχανήματός τινος ὅπως τὰ . . χρήμαθ' ἕξω Ar.Ec.872.