μηχάνημα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ατος, τό, = [[μηχανή]] ([[contrivance]], [[engine]], [[theatrical machine]], [[device]]), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[machine]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>42</span>; [[mechanical device]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>848a36</span>; esp. [[engine of war]], used in sieges, mostly in plural, <span class="bibl">D.18.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.48.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>14</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[subtle contrivance]], freq. in Trag., as <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>469</span>,<span class="bibl">989</span>; of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>981</span>; λόγου μ. ποικίλον <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>762</span>; τὰ Ἥρας μ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>855</span>; οὐδενὶ μηχανήματιοὐδ' ἀπάτῃ <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.22</span>; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους μ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.38</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος τῆς ἀρχῆς</b> ib. <span class="bibl">8.6.17</span>; μ. εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι τοῖς νόμοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lac.</span>8.5</span>; δεῖ μηχανήματός τινος ὅπως τὰ… χρήμαθ' ἕξω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>872</span>.</span>

|btext=ατος (τό) :<br /><b>1</b> invention ingénieuse;<br /><b>2</b> engin, machine, mécanisme, <i>particul.</i> machine de guerre;<br /><b>3</b> moyen, expédient ; <i>en mauv. part</i> ruse, artifice, machination.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[μηχανάω]].