The corpus record

μηχᾰνο-ποιός

mechanopoios · ὁ

maker of engines

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Where it lives

Gorgias 4 · 1.52/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

μηχᾰνο-ποιός · mēchano-poios — LSJ

maker of engines, machines, engineer

maker of engines or machines, engineer, Pl. Grg. 512b, X. Cyr. 6.1.22, Ostr.Bodl. i 304 (ii B. C.), Sallust. 8.

2 machinist

machinist of the theatre, Ar. Pax 174, Fr. 188.

metaph., μ. τῆς ὅλης ὑποθέσεως Jul. Or. 2.59b.

II of siege-engines

Adj. μ. πλῆθος multitude of siege-engines, Memn. 37.

In the wild

μηχανοποιοῦ · mēchanopoiou Plato, Gorgias 512
μηχανοποιόν · mēchanopoion Plato, Gorgias 512
μηχανοποιόν · mēchanopoion Plato, Gorgias 512
μηχανοποιούς · mēchanopoious Plato, Gorgias 512
μηχανοποιούς · mēchanopoious Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.1.22 (DIORISIS sentence 3054)
μηχανοποιοῦ · mēchanopoiou Xenophon, Hellenica 2.4.27 (DIORISIS sentence 727)

Where it came from

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