μηχανοδίφης
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
[ῑ], ου, ὁ, (διφάω)
A inventing artifices or machines, Ar.Pax 790.
German (Pape)
[Seite 181] ὁ, der Mittel u. Kunstgriffe aufsucht u. braucht, Ar. Pax 769.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μηχᾰνοδίφης: -ου, ὁ, (δῑφάω) ὁ εὑρίσκων τεχνάσματα ἢ μηχανάς, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 790.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
qui est à la recherche d’expédients.
Étymologie: μηχανή, διφάω.
Greek Monolingual
μηχανοδίφης, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που επινοεί τεχνάσματα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μηχανή + -δίφης (< διφῶ «ψάχνω, ερευνώ» πρβλ. αστρο-δίφης, φυσιο-δίφης].
