τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
adj.
Use P. ἐκ παρασκευῆς, Ar. and P. ἐπίτηδες.
They shedding tears with studied purpose: οἱ δʼ ἐκβαλόντες δάκρυα ποιητῷ τρόπῳ (Eur., Hel. 1547).
Assuming a studied look to hide his knowledge of the disaster: P. ἀδήλως τῇ ὄψει πλασάμενος πρὸς τὴν συμφοράν (Thuc. 6, 58).
