εὐμήχανος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[εὐμάχανος]] [μᾱ], [[εὐμήχανον]],<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[skilful in contriving]], [[inventive]], opp. [[ἀμήχανος]], A.''Eu.''381 (lyr.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 344d, etc.: c. gen., εὐμήχανος λόγου Id.''Cra.''408b; ἁλίων εὐ. ἔργων Opp.''H.'' 4.593: with a Prep., <b class="b3">εὐμήχανος πρὸς τὸν βίον</b>, of [[bird]]s, [[full of devices]] for [[support]]ing [[life]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''614b34, cf. 616b34: Sup., of the bee, ''Gp.''15.3.1; ἔν τινι D.S.20.92: <b class="b3">τὸ εὐμήχανον</b>, = [[εὐμηχανία]] ([[inventive skill]], [[skill in devising means]]), Plu.2.830c. Adv. [[εὐμηχάνως]] Ph. 1.170, Plu.''Per.''31, Aristaenet.2.15, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., of things, [[skilfully contrived]], [[ingenious]], ἐκ τῶν ἀμηχάνων πόρους εὐμηχάνους πορίζων [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''759 (<b class="b3">εὐμηχάνους πορίζειν</b> Bentl.); ἐπίνοιαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 600a.