μηχανικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">resourceful, inventive</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.1</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.8</span>. Adv. -κῶς <span class="bibl">D.S. 18.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. rei, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων -ώτερος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>2.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">for machines, mechanical</b>, ὄργανα μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1336a11</span>; αἱ . . κινήσεις αἱ μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mech.</span> 848a14</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἀποδείξεις</b> <b class="b2">in mechanics</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>76a24</span>: <b class="b3">μηχανικά, τά</b>, <b class="b2">the science of mechanics</b>, title of work ascribed to Aristotle: <b class="b3">ἡ -κή</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τέχνη</b>) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1078a16</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.807; μ. ποίημα <span class="bibl">Sotad.15.6</span>; μ. ἔργα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span> 152.4</span> (iii A. D.): Subst. <b class="b3">μηχανικός, ὁ</b>, <b class="b2">engineer</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>27</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>310</span>. Adv. -κῶς <span class="bibl">Callix.2</span>.</span>