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  • 1 daedalus

        daedalus adj., δαίδαλοσ, skilful, cunning: Circe, V.—Artfully contrived, skilful: tecta, V.
    * * *
    daedala, daedalum ADJ
    skillful, dexterous; skillfully made/worked; artificial, artifically contrived; variously adorned, ornamented; variegated

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  • 2 nectō

        nectō ēxuī, xus, ere    [2 NEC-], to bind, tie, fasten, join, fasten together, connect: tribus nodis ternos colores, V.: Lamiae coronam, weave, H.. sponsae laqueum, H.: flavā caput nectentur olivā, V.: bracchia, clasp, O.: comam myrto, O.—Of debtors, to detain, imprison, bind, fetter, confine: nectier (civīs) postea desitum: ita nexi soluti, cautumque in posterum, ne necterentur, L.: nexi ob aes alienum, L.—Fig., to affix, attach: ut ex alio alia nectantur.— To join, fasten together, connect, interweave: rerum causae aliae ex aliis necessitate nexae: ne cui dolus necteretur a Poeno, contrived, L.: causas inanīs, devise, V.: canoris Eloquium vocale modis, set to harmonious measures, Iu.: tecum iurgio, i. e. quarrel, O.
    * * *
    nectere, nexui, nexus V
    tie, bind

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  • 3 artificialis

    I
    artificialis, artificiale ADJ
    II
    artificialis, artificiale ADJ
    furnished/contrived by art; devised by speaker (based on deduction)

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  • 4 Deus ex machina

    • A contrived or artificial solution. (literally, 'a god from a machine')

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  • 5 callidus

    callĭdus, a, um, adj. [calleo], that is taught wisdom by experience and practice, shrewd, expert, experienced, adroit, skilful:

    versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur: callidos autem, quorum, tamquam manus opere, sic animus usu concalluit,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25.
    I. A.
    In gen. (class.):

    ad suum quaestum, callidus,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 34; id. Truc. 2, 4, 62 (cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 40: omnes homines ad suum quaestum callent); id. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Ep. 3, 3, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 25: callida Musa, Calliope, * Lucr. 6, 93:

    ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad fidem veniam, equos sustinebo,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    natura nihil potest esse callidius,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    Demosthene nec gravior exstitit quisquam nec callidior, nec temperatior,

    id. Or. 7, 23:

    juvenis parum callidus,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 11:

    in disputando,

    Quint. 12, 2, 14.—In reference to art, excelling in art, skilful, Hor. S. 2, 3, 23 Heind.; 2, 7, 101; id. Ep. 1, 10, 26. —
    B.
    Particular constructions.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    rei rusticae,

    Col. 2, 2, 1:

    rerum naturae,

    id. 7, 3, 12:

    rei militaris,

    Tac. H. 2, 32:

    temporum,

    id. A. 4, 33.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    juncturā callidus acri,

    Pers. 5, 14.—
    (γ).
    In the Greek manner, with inf.:

    callidus Condere furto,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 7; cf.:

    tuque testudo resonare septem Callida nervis,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 4; Pers. 1, 118.—
    C.
    Meton., of things: foramina callidissimo artificio naturā fabricata, very well contrived or wrought, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:

    inventum,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

    junctura,

    Hor. A. P. 47.—
    II. A.
    Of persons (class.):

    itaque me malum esse oportet, callidum, astutum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:

    malum crudumque et callidum atque subdolum,

    id. Poen. 5, 2, 148; id. Pers. 4, 4, 70; id. Cist. 4, 2, 61:

    ego hominem callidiorem vidi neminem,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 1; id. And. 1, 2, 27; id. Eun. 5, 6, 10; Petr. 4, 2, 1:

    hi saepe versutos homines et callidos admirantes, malitiam sapientiam judicant,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 10 Beier; id. Caecin. 19, 55; cf. id. Off. 3, 13, 57; Quint. 6, 3, 96:

    homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35:

    gens non astuta nec callida,

    Tac. G. 22:

    ad fraudem callidi,

    Cic. Clu. 65, 183; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 1, 9:

    in disputando mire callidos,

    Quint. 12, 2, 14:

    amici accendendis offensionibus callidi,

    Tac. A. 2, 57.—
    B.
    Meton., of things:

    doli,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4:

    consilium,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 10:

    audacia,

    Cic. Clu. 65, 183:

    callida et malitiosa juris interpretatio,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    liberalitas,

    crafty, calculating, Nep. Att. 11, 3:

    malitia inimici,

    Liv. 38, 44, 1:

    cunctatio,

    Suet. Tib. 24:

    saevitia,

    id. Dom. 11.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    merx, of a woman,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 61.—Hence, adv.: callĭdē (in both signiff. of the adj. freq. and class.).
    1.
    Skilfully, shrewdly, expertly, etc.:

    callide nosse aliquem,

    well, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 82:

    intellegere,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 30:

    callide arguteque dicere,

    Cic. Or. 28, 98:

    dicere,

    id. de Or. 1, 20, 93:

    callide et perite versari,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 48:

    sine quo nihil satis caute, nihil satis callide agi posset,

    id. Caecin. 5, 15 al. — Comp., Tac. A. 6, [p. 271] 37.— Sup., Nep. Them. 1 fin. —
    2.
    Cunningly, craflily, etc.:

    callide et facete exordiri rem,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 7:

    accedere,

    Cic. Fl. 10, 22:

    occultare vitia sua,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    callide et cum astu confiteri aliquid,

    Gell. 12, 12, 1.

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  • 6 comminiscor

    com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.
    I.
    (Class., of something untrue;

    esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

    fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

    id. As. 1, 1, 89:

    mendacium,

    id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

    dolum docte,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

    maledicta,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

    quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

    nec me hoc commentum putes,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

    neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

    fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

    id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—
    B.
    Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

    Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

    occurrentia nescio quae,

    id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

    quaedam,

    id. Fat. 3, 5.—
    II.
    In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

    nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

    Liv. 37, 5, 5:

    id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

    id. 29, 37, 4:

    novas litteras,

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    novum balinearum usum,

    id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

    Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

    Mel. 1, 12, 1:

    excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

    Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.
    ► 1.
    P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

    dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

    Ov. M. 6, 565:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

    crimen,

    Liv. 26, 27, 8:

    fraus,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: commentum, i, n.
    A.
    (Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

    ipsis commentum placet,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    opinionum commenta delet dies,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

    opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

    Liv. 1, 19, 5:

    mixta rumorum,

    Ov. M. 12, 54:

    animi,

    id. ib. 13, 38.—
    B.
    Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—
    C.
    Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

    callidum,

    Dig. 27, 9, 9. —
    D.
    A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—
    E.
    A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

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  • 7 conminiscor

    com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.
    I.
    (Class., of something untrue;

    esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

    fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

    id. As. 1, 1, 89:

    mendacium,

    id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

    dolum docte,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

    maledicta,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

    quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

    nec me hoc commentum putes,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

    neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

    fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

    id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—
    B.
    Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

    Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

    occurrentia nescio quae,

    id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

    quaedam,

    id. Fat. 3, 5.—
    II.
    In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

    nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

    Liv. 37, 5, 5:

    id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

    id. 29, 37, 4:

    novas litteras,

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    novum balinearum usum,

    id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

    Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

    Mel. 1, 12, 1:

    excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

    Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.
    ► 1.
    P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

    dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

    Ov. M. 6, 565:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

    crimen,

    Liv. 26, 27, 8:

    fraus,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: commentum, i, n.
    A.
    (Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

    ipsis commentum placet,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    opinionum commenta delet dies,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

    opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

    Liv. 1, 19, 5:

    mixta rumorum,

    Ov. M. 12, 54:

    animi,

    id. ib. 13, 38.—
    B.
    Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—
    C.
    Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

    callidum,

    Dig. 27, 9, 9. —
    D.
    A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—
    E.
    A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

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  • 8 Daedalion

    Daedălĭōn, ōnis, m., Daidaliôn, a [p. 510] king of Trachis, son of Lucifer, and brother of Ceyx, who was changed into a hawk, Ov. M. 11, 295 sq.
    1.
    † daedălus, a, um, adj., = daidalos, artificial, skilful ( poet. and in postclass. prose).
    I.
    Act.: Minerva, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 6 Müll. (Fr. Inc. Lib. xxi. Vahl.): daedalam a varietate rerum artificiorumque dictam esse apud Lucretium terram, apud Ennium Minervam, apud Vergilium Circen, facile est intellegere, cum Graece daidallein significet variare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.: Circe (" ingeniosa," Serv.), Verg. A. 7, 282.—
    B.
    With gen.:

    verborum daedala lingua,

    the fashioner of words, Lucr. 4, 549; cf.:

    natura daedala rerum,

    id. 5, 234.—
    II.
    Pass., artificially contrived, variously adorned, ornamented, etc., daidaleos: tecta (apium), skilfully constructed:

    signa,

    Lucr. 5, 145:

    tellus,

    variegated, id. 1, 7; 228; Verg. G. 4, 179; cf.:

    carmina chordis,

    artfully varied on strings, id. 2, 505.—
    * Adv.: daedăle, skilfully, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 3, 86.

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  • 9 daedalus

    Daedălĭōn, ōnis, m., Daidaliôn, a [p. 510] king of Trachis, son of Lucifer, and brother of Ceyx, who was changed into a hawk, Ov. M. 11, 295 sq.
    1.
    † daedălus, a, um, adj., = daidalos, artificial, skilful ( poet. and in postclass. prose).
    I.
    Act.: Minerva, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 6 Müll. (Fr. Inc. Lib. xxi. Vahl.): daedalam a varietate rerum artificiorumque dictam esse apud Lucretium terram, apud Ennium Minervam, apud Vergilium Circen, facile est intellegere, cum Graece daidallein significet variare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.: Circe (" ingeniosa," Serv.), Verg. A. 7, 282.—
    B.
    With gen.:

    verborum daedala lingua,

    the fashioner of words, Lucr. 4, 549; cf.:

    natura daedala rerum,

    id. 5, 234.—
    II.
    Pass., artificially contrived, variously adorned, ornamented, etc., daidaleos: tecta (apium), skilfully constructed:

    signa,

    Lucr. 5, 145:

    tellus,

    variegated, id. 1, 7; 228; Verg. G. 4, 179; cf.:

    carmina chordis,

    artfully varied on strings, id. 2, 505.—
    * Adv.: daedăle, skilfully, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 3, 86.

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  • 10 machinor

    māchĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [machina], to contrive skilfully, to devise, design, frame, invent (class).
    I.
    In gen.:

    incredibile est, quantā operā machinata natura sit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

    qui haec machinatus est,

    id. Univ. 3:

    haec duo musici machinati ad voluptatem sunt, versum atque cantum,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 174:

    quod machiner inveniamque,

    Lucr. 3, 944; cf. Vitr. 1, 6 med. —
    II.
    In partic., to contrive artfully, to scheme, plot, = mêchanasthai:

    aliquam machinabor machinam, Unde aurum efficiam amanti erili,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 54:

    aliquam astutiam corde,

    id. Capt. 3, 3, 15; 16; id. Cas. 2, 4, 22:

    aliud quiddam,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 15:

    inimico exitum,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

    sibi nefariam pestem,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 66:

    necem alicui,

    Liv. 1, 51, 1:

    perniciem alicui,

    Sall. C. 18:

    pestem in aliquem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2.—
    (β).
    Neutr. (post-class.):

    adversus aliquem,

    Dig. 4, 3, 1, § 3.— Part. perf. māchĭnātus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

    quae (sol, luna, etc.) ni machinata versarentur,

    skilfully arranged, adjusted, Vitr. 10, 1: cum machinato strepitu tonitruum, artificial, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, and ap. Non. 180, 22 (Hist. 2, 23, 3 Dietsch);

    App. de Mundo, p. 67: indicium a P. Autronio machinatum,

    contrived, planned, devised, Sall. C. 48, 7: regis cura machinata fames, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P. (Hist. 3, 34 Dietsch).

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  • 11 texo

    texo, xui, xtum ( inf. paragog. texier, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 69), 3, v. a. [root tek-; Gr. etekon, tiktô, to beget; Sanscr. takman, child; taksh, to make], to weave (class.; syn. neo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    texens telam,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44:

    vestes,

    Tib. 2, 3, 54:

    tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    in araneolis aliae quasi rete texunt,

    id. ib. 2, 48, 123:

    tenuem texens sublimis aranea telam,

    Cat. 68, 49:

    in vacuo texetur aranea lecto,

    Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 33:

    chlamydem,

    Val. Fl. 2, 499.— Absol., Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 79.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to join or fit together any thing; to plait, braid, interweave, interlace, intertwine; to construct, make, fabricate, build, etc. (mostly poet.):

    rubeā texatur fiscina virgā,

    Verg. G. 1, 266:

    molle feretrum texunt virgis et vimine querno,

    id. A. 11, 65:

    parietem lento vimine,

    Ov. F. 6, 262; and:

    domum vimine querno,

    Stat. Th. 1, 583. saepes, Verg. G. 2, 371:

    crates,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 45:

    rosam,

    Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 36; cf.:

    coronam rosis,

    Mart. 13, 51, 1:

    varios flores,

    Ov. M. 10, 123:

    tegetes,

    Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 112:

    harundinibus textae casae,

    id. 30, 10, 27, § 89:

    navigia ex papyro,

    id. 13, 11, 22, § 72:

    nidos,

    Quint. 2, 16, 16:

    basilicam,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    robore naves,

    Verg. A. 11, 326:

    harundine texta hibernacula,

    Liv. 30, 3, 9: pyram pinu aridā, Prud. steph. 10, 846:

    Labyrinthus Parietibus textum caecis iter,

    Verg. A. 5, 589. —
    II.
    Trop., to weave, compose:

    quamquam ea tela texitur et ea incitatur in civitate ratio vivendi, ut, etc.,

    is devised, contrived, Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 226; cf.:

    amor patriae Quod tua texuerunt scripta retexit opus,

    i. e. had wrought, produced, Ov. P. 1, 3, 30:

    quamquam sermones possunt longi texier,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 68:

    epistulas cottidianis verbis,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1; cf.:

    opus luculente,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1.—Hence, textum, i, n., that which is woven, a web ( poet. and in postAug. prose).
    A.
    Lit.:

    pretiosa texta,

    Ov. H. 17, 223:

    illita texta veneno,

    id. ib. 9, 163:

    rude,

    id. M. 8, 640; Mart. 8, 28, 18:

    pepli,

    Stat. Th. 10, 56.—
    2.
    Transf., that which is plaited, braided, or fitted together, a plait, texture, fabric:

    pinea carinae,

    Cat. 64, 10; Ov. M. 11, 524; 14, 531; id. F. 1, 506:

    non enarrabile clipei,

    Verg. A. 8, 625:

    ferrea,

    Lucr. 6, 1052; cf.

    talia,

    id. 5, 95:

    Lolliam vidi, zmaragdis margaritisque opertam, alterno texto fulgentibus toto capite,

    in alternate structures, layers, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117. —
    * B.
    Trop., of literary composition, tissue, texture, style:

    dicendi textum tenue,

    Quint. 9, 4, 17.

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  • contrived — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly …   Collocations dictionary

  • contrived — adjective a story, situation etc that is contrived has been written or arranged in a way that seems false and not natural: The film had a ridiculously contrived story line …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Contrived — Contrive Con*trive (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contriving}.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con + trouver to find. See {Troubadour}, {trover}.] To form by an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contrived — adjective Date: 15th century artificial, labored < a contrived plot > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • contrived — contrivedly /keuhn truy vid lee/, adv. /keuhn truyvd /, adj. obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story. [1505 15; CONTRIVE + ED2] * * * …   Universalium

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