μηχανοδίφης
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
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.
