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  "headword": "μηχανάομαι",
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        "quote": "μηχανάασθε",
        "ref": "Od. 20.370",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "μηχανόωνται",
        "ref": "3.207",
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    },
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      "data": {
        "quote": "-όῳτο",
        "ref": "Od. 16.196",
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    }
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          "definition": "<i>make by art, construct, build,</i> τείχεα μηχανόωντο Il. 8.177; πλοῖα Hdt. 1.94, cf. Th. 4.47; of any work requiring skill or art, μ. λαγόν <i>prepare</i> a hare, Hdt. 1.123; μ. σκιάς X. Cyr. 8.8.17: generally, <i>prepare, make ready,</i> τάφον καὶ κατασκαφάς τινι A. Th. 1043; ψυχῆς κόμιστρα τῇδε Id. Ag. 965; ἐσβάσεις E. IT 101.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τείχεα μηχανόωντο",
                "ref": "Il. 8.177",
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              }
            },
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πλοῖα",
                "ref": "Hdt. 1.94",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.94"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90601",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μ. σκιάς",
                "ref": "X. Cyr. 8.8.17",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:8.8.perseus-grc2.17"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90602",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τάφον καὶ κατασκαφάς τινι",
                "ref": "A. Th. 1043",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1043"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90603",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ψυχῆς κόμιστρα τῇδε",
                "ref": "Id. Ag. 965",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:965"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90604",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐσβάσεις",
                "ref": "E. IT 101",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc2:101"
              }
            }
          ],
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>contrive, devise,</i> by art or cunning, freq. in bad sense, ἀτάσθαλα, κακά, ἀεικέα μηχανόωνται, Od. 3.207, 17.499, 22.432; θάνατόν τινος Antipho 1.3; but in good sense, γέλωτα μ. τοῖς συνοῦσι X. Cyr. 2.2.12; τισὶ μ. δύναμιν εἰς σωτηρίαν Pl. Prt. 320e; simply, <i>bring about, effect,</i> Hdt. 2.21; πόσα σε δέοι ἂν μηχανᾶσθαι τοῦ δοκεῖν ἕνεκα X. Cyr. 1.6.22:—Constr.: μ. τί τινι <i>contrive</i> something <i>against</i> a person, Od. 3.207; πατρὶ θάνατον Antipho 1.9; πᾶν ἐπί τινι Hdt. 4.154, cf. 6.88, etc.; τι εἴς τινα ib. 121, E. Ph. 1614; ἐπί τινα X. Mem. 2.3.10: abs., <i>form designs</i> or <i>plots,</i> πολλοὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ μηχανόωνται Od. 4.822; μ. τι ἐπί τινι <i>for</i> a purpose, Hdt. 1.60; πρός τι X. Cyr. 8.2.26; ἐκ τῶν ἐσθλῶν αἰσχρὰ μ. E. Hipp. 331: in Prose freq. folld. by ὅπως, <i>how</i> or <i>in order that,</i> μ. ὅπως τι ἔσται Hdt. 2.121.γʹ, Pl. Ap. 39a, etc.; πᾶσαν μηχανὴν μ. ὅπως . . Id. R. 460c: c. acc. et inf., <i>contrive that</i> a thing may be, ib. 519e.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "θάνατόν τινος",
                        "ref": "Antipho 1.3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90606",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "γέλωτα μ. τοῖς συνοῦσι",
                        "ref": "X. Cyr. 2.2.12",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:2.2.perseus-grc2.12"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90607",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τισὶ μ. δύναμιν εἰς σωτηρίαν",
                        "ref": "Pl. Prt. 320e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022.perseus-grc2:320e"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90608",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πόσα σε δέοι ἂν μηχανᾶσθαι τοῦ δοκεῖν ἕνεκα",
                        "ref": "X. Cyr. 1.6.22",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:1.6.perseus-grc2.22"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90609",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πατρὶ θάνατον",
                        "ref": "Antipho 1.9",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90610",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πᾶν ἐπί τινι",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 4.154",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.154"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90611",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπί τινα",
                        "ref": "X. Mem. 2.3.10",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:2.3.perseus-grc2.10"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90612",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πολλοὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ μηχανόωνται",
                        "ref": "Od. 4.822",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.822"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90613",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρός τι",
                        "ref": "X. Cyr. 8.2.26",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:8.2.perseus-grc2.26"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90614",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐκ τῶν ἐσθλῶν αἰσχρὰ μ.",
                        "ref": "E. Hipp. 331",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:331"
                      }
                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. ὅπως τι ἔσται",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 2.121.γʹ",
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Med., <i>procure for oneself,</i> S. Ph. 295, X. Cyr. 3.2.15.",
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        },
        {
          "label": "B",
          "definition": "Act. μηχανάω used by Hom. only in Ep. part., ἀτάσθαλα μηχανόωντας <i>contriving</i> dire effects, Od. 18.143, cf. A.R. 3.583; inf. μηχανᾶν S. Aj. 1037: pf. μεμηχάνημαι in pass. sense, Hdt. 1.98, 2.95, S. Tr. 586, X. Cyr. 8.3.1, Isoc. 3.6; λόγοι πρὸς τὸ φενακίζειν ὑμᾶς μεμηχανημένοι D. 22.35 (but also in act. sense, Pl. Grg. 459d, Lg. 904b, X. Hier. 11.4, Is. 11.36, etc.): plpf. in pass. sense impers., οὕτως ἐμεμηχάνητο αὐτοῖς Antipho 5.55: aor. ἐμηχανήθην in pass, sense, Epicur. Nat. 2.2, D.H. 12.14, J. AJ 18.2.4.",
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                "quote": "μηχανᾶν",
                "ref": "S. Aj. 1037",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90617",
              "data": {
                "quote": "λόγοι πρὸς τὸ φενακίζειν ὑμᾶς μεμηχανημένοι",
                "ref": "D. 22.35",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg022.perseus-grc2:35"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-90618",
              "data": {
                "quote": "οὕτως ἐμεμηχάνητο αὐτοῖς",
                "ref": "Antipho 5.55",
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