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μηχανή (mēchanē) a machine ^G:N-F

μηχανή-ή,

Doric dialect μᾱχᾰνά, ἡ, (μῆχος):

__I contrivance, especially machine for lifting weights and the like, crane, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τετράκωλος, δίκωλος, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μ. λιθαγωγός [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἰχθυβόλῳ μ., of Poseidon's trident, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λαοπόροις μ., of Xerxes' bridge of boats, [Refs]; frequently of irrigation machines, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also of oil-presses, Wilcken [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.2 engine of war, μηχανὰς προσάγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 theatrical machine by which gods, etc., were made to appear in the air, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, proverbial of anything sudden and unexpected, ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεὸς ἐπεφάνης [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.4 area of land irrigated by a machine, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II any artificial means or contrivance for doing a thing, ἤτοι κλήρῳ.., ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in plural μηχαναί, shifts, devices, wiles, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηχαναῖς Διός by the arts of Zeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χερὸς.. ἐκτίνοντα μηχανάς acts of violence,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀντλεῖν μαχανάν exhaust one's resources, [Refs 5th c.BC+] contrivance against ills, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but μ. σωτηρίας a way, means of procuring or providing safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδεμία μ. [ἐστι] ὅκως οὐ with future indicative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ οὐ with infinitive [Refs]; τὸ μὴ οὐ (probably) [Refs]; τίς μ. μὴ οὐχὶ..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 frequently in adverbial phrases, μηδεμιῇ μ. by no means whatsoever, by no contrivance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so μήτε τέχνῃ μήτε μ. μηδεμιᾷ Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρόπῳ ἢ μ. ᾑτινιοῦν Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]