μηχανή: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[μῆχος]]<br />= Lat. [[machina]]:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> an [[instrument]], [[machine]] for lifting weights and the like, Hdt.; μ. Ποσειδῶνος, of the [[trident]], Aesch.; λαοπόροις μ., of [[Xerxes]]' [[bridge]] of boats, Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> an [[engine]] of war, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[theatrical]] [[machine]], by [[which]] gods were made to [[appear]] in the air, Plat.: [[hence]] [[proverb]]. of any [[sudden]] [[appearance]], [[ὥσπερ]] ἀπὸ μηχανῆς (cf. Lat. [[deus]] ex [[machina]]), Dem.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> any [[contrivance]], for doing a [[thing]], Hdt., etc.: in plural μηχαναί, shifts, devices, arts, wiles, Hes., [[attic]]; μηχαναῖς [[Διός]] by the arts of [[Zeus]], Aesch.; [[proverb]]., μηχαναὶ Σισύφου Ar.:—Phrases, μηχανήν or μηχανὰς προσφέρειν Eur.; εὑρίσκειν Aesch., etc.:—c. gen., μ. κακῶν a [[contrivance]] [[against]] ills, Eur.; but, μ. σωτηρίας a way of providing [[safety]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[οὐδεμία]] [[μηχανή]] [ἐστι] [[ὅπως]] οὐ, c. fut., Hdt.; also, μὴ οὐ, c. inf., Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in adverb, phrases, ἐκ μηχανῆς τινος in [[some]] way or [[other]], Hdt.; μηδεμιῆι μηχανῆι by no [[means]] [[whatsoever]], Hdt.