Meaning of dii ex machinis | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C1]
Examples
“[…] hence, the gods in the Iliad are never “ Dii ex machinis,” they are providential and governing, they prepare⟳ the conflict, mature the crisis, […]”
“[…] assume⟳ nervous influences of which the student has no knowledge, and which he must provisionally regard as dii ex machinis, to be looked-up afterwards.”
“In John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera (1728), the ludicrously contrived last-minute rescue⟳ of Maceath works as a deliberate deflation of opera’s various dii ex machinis.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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