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μηχᾰν-ή

mechane

expedient, contrivance, cunning; means, tool, machine, device

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 55 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. μηχανή · mēchanē — Beekes

expedient, contrivance, cunning; means, tool, machine, device

2. μηχανή · mēchanē — Chantraine

action en *-ti-, mais ne fonctionne plus comme nom d

3. μηχανή · mēchanē — Chantraine

employer en général, οἵ, πάσῃ μηχανῇ, οὐδεμιᾷ μηχανῇ, d

4. μηχανή · mēchanē — Chantraine

«qui concerne une machine» (Arist

5. μηχανή · mēchanē — Frisk

dor

6. μηχᾰν-ή · mēchan-ē — LSJ

contrivance

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Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 1000-1001; entry #4082 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 716; entry #5296 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 1206-1207; entry #3884 Review: Under source audit

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