Aristotle Greek Lexicon μοχλεύω

μοχλεύω

mochleuo

prise up, heave

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μοχλεύω, (μοχλός) A. prise up, heave, or wrench by a lever, [στέγην] Hdt. 2.175; θύρετρα, πέτρους, E. HF 999, Cyc. 240; πέτρας Pl.Com. 67; θύρας Antiph. 195.6; μόχλευσιν μοχλῷ μ. Hp. Art. 74:—Pass., Arist. Mech. 853a38. 2. metaph., Porph. Chr. 55:—in Med., contrive, ‘engineer’, μηδὲν μ. κατά τινων ἄδικον J. AJ 5.1.16:—Pass., of disease, to be dislodged, removed, Aret. CD 1.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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