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[[scheme]], [[plot]]: P. [[ἐπιβουλή]], ἡ, P. and V. [[μηχάνημα]], τό, V. [[τέχνη]], ἡ, [[τέχνημα]], τό.

[[wise devise]]: P. and V. [[σόφισμα]], τό.

[[practice]]: P. [[ἄσκησις]], ἡ.

[[review]] (of [[troops]]): P. [[ἐξέτασις]], ἡ.

[[practice manoeuvres]] ([[with ships]]): P. ἀναπειρᾶσθαι (absol.) (Thuc. 7, 12).

(they [[thought]]) the [[Athenian]]s would have no [[opportunity]] in the narrow space either of sailing [[round]] them or breaking their [[line]], the part of their manoeuvres on which they most relied: P. τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις οὐκ ἔσεσθαι σφῶν ἐν στενοχωρίᾳ [[οὔτε]] περίπλουν [[οὔτε]] διέκπλουν ᾧπερ τῆς τέχνης μάλιστα ἐπίστευον (Thuc. 7, 36).

[[counter manoeuvre]]: P. [[ἀντιτέχνησις]], ἡ.

[[handle]], [[control]]: P. and V. κυβερνᾶν.

V. intrans. P. and V. μηχανᾶσθαι, τεχνᾶσθαι; see [[contrive]].

[[a large number of hoplites on both sides were manoeuvring in a small space]]: P. ὁπλῖται ἀμφοτέρων οὐκ ὀλίγοι ἐν στενοχωρίᾳ ἀνεστρέφοντο (Thuc. 7, 44).