μηχανικός

mechanikos

resourceful, inventive

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Posterior Analytics 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 9 75b37–76a30

76a24

Chapter 13 78a22–79a16

78b37
Mechanica 2
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Chapter 1 847a11–848a37

847a24
848a14
Metaphysics 1
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Book Μ 1
Chapter 3 1077b17–1078b6

1078a16
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 17 1336a3–1337a7

1336a11

Dictionary (LSJ)

μηχανικός, ή, όν, A. resourceful, inventive, X. Mem. 4.3.1, v.l. in Id. HG 3.1.8. Adv. -κῶς D.S. 18.27. 2. c. gen. rei, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων -ώτερος X. Lac. 2.7. II. of or for machines, mechanical, ὄργανα μ. Arist. Pol. 1336a11; αἱ . . κινήσεις αἱ μ. Id. Mech. 848a14; μ. ἀποδείξεις in mechanics, Id. APo. 76a24: μηχανικά, τά, the science of mechanics, title of work ascribed to Aristotle: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) Arist. Metaph. 1078a16, AP 9.807; μ. ποίημα Sotad. 15.6; μ. ἔργα PFlor. 152.4 (iii A. D.): Subst. μηχανικός, ὁ, engineer, Plu. Per. 27, Sammelb. 310. Adv. -κῶς Callix. 2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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