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                    "description": "<i>fut.<\/i> -ήσομαι A. <i>Th.<\/i> 1043, Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 965e; <i>aor.<\/i> ἐμηχανησάμην <i>ib.<\/i> 904b, etc. ; <i>pf.<\/i> μεμηχάνημαι (v. infr. B); used by Hom. only in Ep. forms, μηχανάασθε <i>Od.<\/i> 20.370, μηχανόωνται 3.207, al., -ωντο 22.432, al. (<i>subj.<\/i> -άαται Hes. <i>Op.<\/i> 241); <i>opt.<\/i> -όῳτο <i>Od.<\/i> 16.196; <i>inf.<\/i> -άασθαι 3.213, 16.93; the Ion. form ἐμηχανέοντο is found in codd. of Hdt. 8.7 (ἐμηχανῶντο shd. be read for -έατο in 5.63, and μηχανῴατο for -οίατο in 6.46); (&lt; μηχανή) : — <b>make by art, construct, build<\/b>, τείχεα μηχανόωντο <i>Il.<\/i> 8.177; πλοῖα Hdt. 1.94, cf. Th. 4.47; of any work requiring skill or art, μ. λαγόν <b>prepare<\/b> a hare, Hdt. 1.123; μ. σκιάς X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 8.8.17; generally, <b>prepare, make ready<\/b>, τάφον καὶ κατασκαφάς τινι A. <i>Th.<\/i> 1043; ψυχῆς κόμιστρα τῇδε Id. <i>Ag.<\/i> 965; ἐσβάσεις E. <i>IT<\/i> 101. more freq.<br\/><b>contrive, devise<\/b>, by art or cunning, freq. in bad sense, ἀτάσθαλα, κακά, ἀεικέα μηχανόωνται, <i>Od.<\/i> 3.207, 17.499, 22.432; θάνατόν τινος Antipho 1.3; but in good sense, γέλωτα μ. τοῖς συνοῦσι X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 2.2.12; τισὶ μ. δύναμιν εἰς σωτηρίαν Pl. <i>Prt.<\/i> 320e; simply, <b>bring about, effect<\/b>, Hdt. 2.21; πόσα σε δέοι ἂν μηχανᾶσθαι τοῦ δοκεῖν ἕνεκα X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 1.6.22; — Constr. ; μ. τί τινι <b>contrive<\/b> something <b>against<\/b> a person, <i>Od.<\/i> 3.207; πατρὶ θάνατον Antipho 1.9; πᾶν ἐπί τινι Hdt. 4.154, cf. 6.88, etc. ; τι εἴς τινα <i>ib.<\/i> 121, E. <i>Ph.<\/i> 1614; ἐπί τινα X. <i>Mem.<\/i> 2.3.10; abs., <b>form designs<\/b> or <b>plots<\/b>, πολλοὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ μηχανόωνται <i>Od.<\/i> 4.822; μ. τι ἐπί τινι <b>for<\/b> a purpose, Hdt. 1.60; πρός τι X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 8.2.26; ἐκ τῶν ἐσθλῶν αἰσχρὰ μ. E. <i>Hipp.<\/i> 331; in Prose freq. folld. by ὅπως, <b>how<\/b> or <b>in order that<\/b>, μ. ὅπως τι ἔσται Hdt. 2.121. γ΄, Pl. <i>Ap.<\/i> 39a, etc. ; πᾶσαν μηχανὴν μ. ὅπως… Id. <i>R.<\/i> 460c; c. acc. et inf., <b>contrive that<\/b> a thing may be, <i>ib.<\/i> 519e. <i>Med.<\/i>, <b>procure for oneself<\/b>, S. <i>Ph.<\/i> 295, X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 3.2.15. <i>Act.<\/i> μηχανάω used by Hom. only in <i>Ep. part.<\/i>, ἀτάσθαλα μηχανόωντας <b>contriving<\/b> dire effects, <i>Od.<\/i> 18.143, cf. A.R. 3.583; <i>inf.<\/i> μηχανᾶν S. <i>Aj.<\/i> 1037; <i>pf.<\/i> μεμηχάνημαι in pass. sense, Hdt. 1.98, 2.95, S. <i>Tr.<\/i> 586, X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 8.3.1, Isoc. 3.6; λόγοι πρὸς τὸ φενακίζειν ὑμᾶς μεμηχανημένοι D. 22.35 (but also in act. sense, Pl. <i>Grg.<\/i> 459d, <i>Lg.<\/i> 904b, X. <i>Hier.<\/i> 11.4, Is. 11.36, etc.); <i>plpf.<\/i> in pass. sense impers., οὕτως ἐμεμηχάνητο αὐτοῖς Antipho 5.55; <i>aor.<\/i> ἐμηχανήθην in pass, sense, Epicur. <i>Nat.<\/i> 2.2, D.H. 12.14, J. <i>AJ<\/i> 18.2.4."
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