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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ατος (τὸ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[χᾰ]<\/font> invention ingénieuse :<br\/><b>   I<\/b> <i>au propre :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> <i>en gén<\/i>. ESCHL. <i>Pr. 469 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> machine, mécanisme, LUC. <i>H. conscr. 29 ; particul<\/i>. machine de guerre, DÉM. <i>115, 7 et 16 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>fig. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> moyen, expédient, XÉN. <i>Cyr. 8, 6, 17 ; Lac. 8, 5 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>en mauv. part,<\/i> ruse, artifice, machination, SOPH. <i>O.C. 762 ;<\/i> XÉN. <i>Cyr. 1, 6, 32, etc. ;<\/i> piège, ESCHL. <i>Ag. 1127<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. μηχανάω.<\/p>"
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