urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.499 (line)
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.499
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REF: 17.499
μαῖʼ, ἐχθροὶ μὲν πάντες, ἐπεὶ κακὰ μηχανόωνται·
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| μαῖʼ, | μαῖʼ | μαῖʼ[1] | 1 | 62860 | 17.499.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| ἐχθροὶ | ἐχθροὶ | ἐχθροὶ[1] | 2 | 62861 | 17.499.t2 | True | |
| μὲν | μὲν | μὲν[1] | 3 | 62862 | 17.499.t3 | True | |
| πάντες, | πάντες | πάντες[1] | 4 | 62863 | 17.499.t4 | True | |
| ἐπεὶ | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεὶ[1] | 5 | 62864 | 17.499.t5 | True | |
| κακὰ | κακὰ | κακὰ[1] | 6 | 62865 | 17.499.t6 | True | |
| μηχανόωνται· | μηχανόωνται | μηχανόωνται[1] | 7 | 62866 | 17.499.t7 | True |
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LSJ
good mother, form of address to old women, Hom. (only in Od.), always in voc., usu. addressed to Eurycleia, the nurse of Odysseus, Od. 19.482, al.; but also to Eurynome the ταμίη, 17.499: hence not only of nurses, cf. h.Cer. 147, Ar. Ec. 915 (lyr.).
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contrive, devise, 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, bring about, effect, Hdt. 2.21; πόσα σε δέοι ἂν μηχανᾶσθαι τοῦ δοκεῖν ἕνεκα X. Cyr. 1.6.22:—Constr.: μ. τί τινι contrive something against 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., form designs or plots, πολλοὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ μηχανόωνται Od. 4.822; μ. τι ἐπί τινι for 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, how or in order that, μ. ὅπως τι ἔσται Hdt. 2.121.γʹ, Pl. Ap. 39a, etc.; πᾶσαν μηχανὴν μ. ὅπως . . Id. R. 460c: c. acc. et inf., contrive that a thing may be, ib. 519e.
cunliffe_lex
ἐχθρός -ή, -όν [ἔχθος.] 1 Hated, hateful, detested, detestable Il. 9.312, Il. 16.77: Od. 14.156, Od. 17.499. 2 Of things and abstractions, distasteful, disliked, loathed: δῶρά μοι Il. 9.378. Cf. Od. 21.147. 3 In neut. with infin. in impers. construction, to be distasteful or displeasing to do: ἐχθρόν μοί ἐστιν αὖτις εἰρημένα μυθολογεύειν Od. 12.452.
μαῖα ἡ [perh. fr. μα-, μήτηρ.] A word of address to a woman older than the speaker, good mother, dame, gossip Od. 2.349, 372, Od. 17.499, Od. 19.16, 482, 500, Od. 20.129, Od. 23.11, 35, 59, 81, 171.
†μηχανάομαι [μηχανή = μῆχος.] 2 pl. μηχανάασθε Od. 20.370. 3 pl. μηχανόωνται Od. 3.207, Od. 4.822, Od. 16.134, Od. 21.375, etc. 3 sing. opt. μηχανόῳτο Od. 16.196. Acc. pl. masc. pple. μηχανόωντας Od. 18.143. Infin. μηχανάασθαι Od. 3.213, Od. 16.93. 3 pl. impf. μηχανόωντο Il. 8.177, Il. 11.695 : Od. 20.394, Od. 22.432. (περι-) 1 To construct, put together Il. 8.177. 2 To devise, contrive, put in practice : ἀτάσθαλα Il. 11.695 : Od. 3.207, Od. 16.93, Od. 17.588, Od. 18.143, Od. 20.170, 370. Cf. Od. 3.213, Od. 16.134, 196, Od. 17.499, Od. 20.394, Od. 21.375, Od. 22.432. Absol., to lay plans, form devices, plot : πολλοὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ μηχανόωνται Od. 4.822.