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  "headword": "μηχανή",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>contrivance,</i> esp. <i>machine</i> for lifting weights and the like, <i>crane,</i> Hdt. 2.125, IG ΙΙ(2).161 A 69, al. ( Delos, iii B. C.); μ. τετράκωλος, δίκωλος, Rev.Phil. 44.251 ( Didyma, ii B. C.); μ. λιθαγωγός Poll. 10.148; ἰχθυβόλῳ μ., of Poseidonʼs trident, A. Th. 132 (lyr.); λαοπόροις μ., of Xerxes’ bridge of boats, Id. Pers. 114 (lyr.), cf. 722; freq. of irrigation machines, POxy. 985 (i A. D.), etc.; also of oil-presses, Wilcken Chr. 176.10 (i/ii A. D.), etc.",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 2.125,",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μ. λιθαγωγός",
                    "ref": "Poll. 10.148",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "A. Th. 132 (lyr.);",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Id. Pers. 114 (lyr.), cf.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "722; freq. of irrigation machines,",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250063",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "POxy. 985",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>engine</i> of war, μηχανὰς προσάγειν Th. 2.76, etc.; ἑλεῖν μηχαναῖς Id. 4.13.",
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                        "quote": "μηχανὰς προσάγειν",
                        "ref": "Th. 2.76",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250065",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἑλεῖν μηχαναῖς",
                        "ref": "Id. 4.13",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>theatrical machine</i> by which gods, etc., were made to appear in the air, Pl. Cra. 425d, Clit. 407a; αἴρειν μ. Antiph. 191.15, Alex. 126.19: hence, prov. of anything sudden and unexpected, ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεὸς ἐπεφάνης Men. 227; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ μ. D. 40.59, cf. Arist. Po. 1454b1.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pl. Cra. 425d,",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Clit. 407a;",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αἴρειν μ.",
                        "ref": "Antiph. 191.15",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250069",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Alex. 126.19: hence, prov. of anything sudden and unexpected,",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεὸς ἐπεφάνης",
                        "ref": "Men. 227",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250071",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὥσπερ ἀπὸ μ.",
                        "ref": "D. 40.59",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250072",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. Po. 1454b1.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>area of land irrigated by a machine,</i> POxy. 1830.13 (vi A. D.), PLond. 5.1765 (vi A. D.), PSI 1.77.14 (vi A. D.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "PLond. 5.1765",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250074",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "PSI 1.77.14",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,PSI:1:77:14"
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>any artificial means</i> or <i>contrivance</i> for doing a thing, ἤτοι κλήρῳ . . , ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ μ. Hdt. 3.83; εἴ τίς ἐστι μ., ἴθι καὶ πειρῶ Id. 8.57, etc.; esp. in pl. μηχαναί, <i>shifts, devices, wiles,</i> Hes. Th. 146; πάντα σοφίσματα καὶ πάσας μ. ἐπεποιήκεε ἐς αὐτοὺς Δαρεῖος Hdt. 3.152; μηχαναῖς Διός <i>by the arts</i> of Zeus, A. Ag. 677; χερὸς . . ἐκτίνοντα μηχανάς acts of violence, ib. 1582; Ὀρέστην μηχαναῖσι μὲν θανόντα, νῦν δὲ μηχαναῖς σεσωσμένον S. El. 1228; κρατεῖ μαχαναῖς . . θηρός Id. Ant. 349 (lyr.); σοφιστῶν μ. Pl. Lg. 908d: prov., μηχαναὶ Σισύφου Ar. Ach. 391:—Phrases: πάσας προσφέροντε μ. E. IT 112; μηχανὴν προσοιστέον Ar. Th. 1132; πᾶσαν σπουδὴν καὶ μ. προσφερόμενος Plb. 1.18.11; ἐπεισήγαγον μ. Id. 29.25.1; μηχανὰς εὑρήσομεν, ὥστε ἀπαλλάξαι A. Eu. 82; πλέκειν E. Andr. 66; πορίζεσθαι Pl. Smp. 191b; ἐκπορίζειν Ar. V. 365; ζητεῖν ib. 149; ἀντλεῖν μαχανάν exhaust <i>oneʼs resources,</i> Pi. P. 3.62; κατʼ ἐμὰν μ. ib. 109: c. gen. objecti, ἔξευρε μ. τινʼ Ἀδμήτῳ κακῶν <i>contrivance against</i> ills, E. Alc. 221 (lyr.); but μ. σωτηρίας <i>a way, means of procuring</i> or <i>providing</i> safety, A. Th. 209; μυρίων οὐσῶν μ. ἀπαλλαγῆς X. Cyr. 5.1.12; οὐδεμία μ. [ἐστι] ὅκως οὐ c. fut. ind., Hdt. 2.160; μὴ οὐ c. inf., ib. 181, 3.51; τὸ μὴ οὐ (prob.) Id. 1.209; τίς μ. μὴ οὐχὶ . . ; Pl. Phd. 72d.",
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                    "quote": "ἤτοι κλήρῳ . . , ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ μ.",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 3.83",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἴ τίς ἐστι μ., ἴθι καὶ πειρῶ",
                    "ref": "Id. 8.57",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Hes. Th. 146;",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πάντα σοφίσματα καὶ πάσας μ. ἐπεποιήκεε ἐς αὐτοὺς Δαρεῖος",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 3.152",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "A. Ag. 677;",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "1582;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1582"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ὀρέστην μηχαναῖσι μὲν θανόντα, νῦν δὲ μηχαναῖς σεσωσμένον",
                    "ref": "S. El. 1228",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250082",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κρατεῖ μαχαναῖς . . θηρός",
                    "ref": "Id. Ant. 349",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250083",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σοφιστῶν μ.",
                    "ref": "Pl. Lg. 908d",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:908d"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250084",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μηχαναὶ Σισύφου",
                    "ref": "Ar. Ach. 391",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc2:391"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250085",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πάσας προσφέροντε μ.",
                    "ref": "E. IT 112",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250086",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μηχανὴν προσοιστέον",
                    "ref": "Ar. Th. 1132",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc2:1132"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250087",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πᾶσαν σπουδὴν καὶ μ. προσφερόμενος",
                    "ref": "Plb. 1.18.11",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:1.18.perseus-grc2.11"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250088",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐπεισήγαγον μ.",
                    "ref": "Id. 29.25.1",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:29.25.perseus-grc2.1"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250089",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μηχανὰς εὑρήσομεν, ὥστε ἀπαλλάξαι",
                    "ref": "A. Eu. 82",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc2:82"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πλέκειν",
                    "ref": "E. Andr. 66",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc2:66"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πορίζεσθαι",
                    "ref": "Pl. Smp. 191b",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐκπορίζειν",
                    "ref": "Ar. V. 365",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc2:365"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250093",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "149;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc2:149"
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250094",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Pi. P. 3.62;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.62"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250095",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "109: c. gen. objecti,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.109"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "E. Alc. 221 (lyr.); but",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc2:221"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "A. Th. 209;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:209"
                  }
                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μυρίων οὐσῶν μ. ἀπαλλαγῆς",
                    "ref": "X. Cyr. 5.1.12",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:5.1.perseus-grc2.12"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250099",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 2.160;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.160"
                  }
                },
                {
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "181,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.181"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250101",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "3.51;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.51"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250102",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Id. 1.209;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.209"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-250103",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Pl. Phd. 72d.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:72d"
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                }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "μηδεμιῇ μ. by no <i>means</i> whatsoever, by no <i>contrivance,</i> Hdt. 7.51, etc.; οὓς οὐδεμιῇ μ. δεῖ τιτρώσκειν Hp. Art. 11; so μήτε τέχνῃ μήτε μ. μηδεμιᾷ Foed. ap. Th. 5.18, cf. IG 1(2).39.23; opp. πάσῃ τέχνῃ καὶ μ. Lys. 19.53; πάσῃ μ. Ar. Lys. 300 (lyr.); τρόπῳ ἢ μ. ᾑτινιοῦν Lex ap. D. 21.113.",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 7.51, etc.;",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὓς οὐδεμιῇ μ. δεῖ τιτρώσκειν",
                        "ref": "Hp. Art. 11",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc2:11"
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Th. 5.18, cf.",
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                        "quote": "πάσῃ τέχνῃ καὶ μ.",
                        "ref": "Lys. 19.53",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg019.perseus-grc2:53"
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                    },
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                        "quote": "πάσῃ μ.",
                        "ref": "Ar. Lys. 300",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "D. 21.113.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc2:113"
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