A.“μηχανάασθε” Od.20.370, “μηχανόωνται” 3.207, al., -ωντο 22.432, al. (subj. -άα_ται Hes.Op. 241); opt. -“όῳτο” Od. 16.196; inf. -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): (μηχανή):—make by art, construct, build, “τείχεα μηχανόωντο” Il.8.177; “πλοῖα” Hdt.1.94, cf. Th.4.47; of any work requiring skill or art, μ. λαγόν prepare a hare, Hdt.1.123; “μ. σκιάς” X. Cyr.8.8.17: generally, prepare, make ready, “τάφον καὶ κατασκαφάς τινι” A. Th.1043; “ψυχῆς κόμιστρα τῇδε” Id.Ag.965; “ἐσβάσεις” E.IT101.
2. more freq. contrive, devise, by art or cunning, freq. in bad sense, ἀτάσθαλα, κακά, ἀεικέα μηχανόωνται, Od.3.207, 17.499, 22.432; “θάνατόν τινος” Antipho 1.3; but in good sense, “γέλωτα μ. τοῖς συνοῦσι” X. Cyr.2.2.12; “τισὶ μ. δύναμιν εἰς σωτηρίαν” Pl.Prt.320e; simply, bring about, effect, Hdt.2.21; “πόσα σε δέοι ἂν μηχανᾶσθαι τοῦ δοκεῖν ἕνεκα” X. Cyr.1.6.22:—Constr.: μ. τί τινι contrive something against a person, Od.3.207; “πατρὶ θάνατον” Antipho 1.9; “πᾶν ἐπί τινι” Hdt.4.154, cf. 6.88, etc.; τι εἴς τινα ib. 121, E.Ph.1614; “ἐπί τινα” X.Mem.2.3.10: abs., form designs or plots, “πολλοὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ μηχανόωνται” Od.4.822; μ. τι ἐπί τινι for a purpose, Hdt.1.60; “πρός τι” X.Cyr.8.2.26; “ἐκ τῶν ἐσθλῶν αἰσχρὰ μ.” E.Hipp.331: in Prose freq. folld. by ὅπως, how or in order that, “μ. ὅπως τι ἔσται” Hdt.2.121.γ́, Pl.Ap.39a, etc.; πᾶσαν μηχανὴν μ. ὅπως . . Id.R.460c: c. acc. et inf., contrive that a thing may be, ib. 519e.
II. Med., procure for oneself, S.Ph.295, X.Cyr.3.2.15.
B. Act. μηχανάω used by Hom. only in Ep. part., ἀτάσθαλα μηχανόωντας contriving dire effects, Od.18.143, cf. A.R.3.583; inf. “μηχανᾶν” S.Aj.1037: pf. μεμηχάνημαι in pass. sense, Hdt.1.98, 2.95, S. Tr.586, X.Cyr.8.3.1, Isoc.3.6; “λόγοι πρὸς τὸ φενακίζειν ὑμᾶς μεμηχανημένοι” D.22.35 (but also in act. sense, Pl.Grg.459d, Lg.904b, X. Hier.11.4, Is.11.36, etc.): plpf. in pass. sense impers., “οὕτως ἐμεμηχάνητο αὐτοῖς” Antipho 5.55: aor. ἐμηχανήθην in pass, sense, Epicur. Nat.2.2, D.H.12.14, J.AJ18.2.4.