machina
121deus ex machina — Latino: il dio [che parla] dal congegno. Si dice di persona, di cosa o avvenimento, che risolve in modo favorevole, e quasi miracoloso, una situazione disperata; e anche, in senso non altrettanto elogiativo, di chi manovra occultamente i fili di… …
122deus ex machina — (DAY us eks MAH kee nah) [Latin, from Greek: god from a machine] In classical Greek and Roman theater, (the character of ) a benevolent god lowered mechanically into the scene to resolve a difficult situation in the drama. By extension, any… …
123(a) deus ex machina — formal a way of ending a play or event that seems false and that involves problems being dealt with too easily. Shakespeare produces a very unsatisfying deus ex machina in The Winter s Tale when a statue of the queen comes to life …
124deus ex machina — (izg. dȅus ȅks mȃhina) DEFINICIJA 1. pov. kazal. »bog iz stroja«, postupak u antičkoj drami: nerazrješiv sukob razrješava se presudom nekog boga koji se na posebnom stroju spuštao iznad glumaca 2. pren. naglo razrješenje problema, presijecanje… …
125deus ex máchina — (Loc. lat.); literalmente, el dios [que baja] de la máquina ). m. En el teatro de la Antigüedad, personaje que representaba una divinidad y que descendía al escenario mediante un mecanismo e intervenía en la trama resolviendo situaciones muy… …
126deus ex machina — literally, the resolution of the plot by the device of a god ( deus ) arriving onstage by means of a piece of equipment ( machina ) and solving all the characters problems; usually refers to an unlikely, improbable, contrived, illogical, or… …
127deus ex machina — ► NOUN ▪ an unexpected event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially in a narrative. ORIGIN Latin, from Greek theos ek m khan s god from the machinery (referring to the actors representing gods suspended above the stage in ancient Greek …
128deus ex machina — [dā′əs eks mä′kē nə, dē′əs eks mä′kē nə; dā′əs eksmak′ēnə, dē′əs eksmak′ēnə] n. [L, god from a machine] 1. in ancient Greek and Roman plays, a deity brought in by stage machinery to intervene in the action 2. any unconvincing character or event… …
