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μηχανικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηχανικός μηχανικά̄ μηχανικόν

Structure: μηχανικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. ingenious, resourceful
  2. of or pertaining to machines, mechanical

Examples

  • ’ Τρύφων δ’ ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ ὀνομασιῶν ἐστὶ δὲ τὸ σύγγραμμα περὶ αὐλῶν καὶ ὀργάνων συγγράψαι φησὶ περὶ τῆσ ὑδραύλεωσ Κτησίβιον τὸν μηχανικόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 75 4:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ παρασκευαστικὸν τῶν εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον τὸν στρατηγὸν εἶναι χρή, καὶ ποριστικὸν τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τοῖσ στρατιώταισ, καὶ μηχανικὸν καὶ ἐργαστικὸν καὶ ἐπιμελῆ καὶ καρτερικὸν καὶ ἀγχίνουν, καὶ φιλόφρονά τε καὶ ὠμόν, καὶ ἁπλοῦν τε καὶ ἐπίβουλον, καὶ φυλακτικόν τε καὶ κλέπτην, καὶ προετικὸν καὶ ἁρ́παγα καὶ φιλόδωρον καὶ πλεονέκτην καὶ ἀσφαλῆ καὶ ἐπιθετικόν, καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ καὶ φύσει καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ δεῖ τὸν εὖ στρατηγήσοντα ἔχειν. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 7:2)
  • Μηχανικὸν α’. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 25:12)

Synonyms

  1. ingenious

  2. of or pertaining to machines

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