Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| espanja | deus ex máchina |
| italia | deus ex machina |
| japani | どんでん返し (don den gaeshi), デウスエクスマキナ (deusu ekusu makina / deusuekusumakina), 急場しのぎ (kyūba shinogi) |
| latina | deus ex machina |
| portugali | deus ex machina |
| puola | deus ex machina |
| ranska | deus ex machina |
| ruotsi | räddande ängel |
| saksa | Deus ex Machina |
| suomi | deus ex machina, ihmeratkaisu |
| venäjä | «бог из машины» («bog iz mašiny»), деус экс махина (deus eks mahina), рояль в кустах (rojal v kustah), счастливая развязка (stšastlivaja razvjazka), бог из машины (bog iz mašiny) |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (narratology) Any resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that they desired.
- (by extension) A contrived solution to a problem, relying on an agent external to the situation.
- (historical, literary) A deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene in a difficult situation (i.e., to resolve a crisis, or untangle issues surrounding it, a character logically expected to do so).
- (historical) A machine used to bring an actor playing a god onto the stage, either up through a trapdoor or (e.g. by crane) from above.
Esimerkit
- Oh, now I'm backed into a corner, and can't devise a way out. I could sure use a deus ex machina right about now!
- We used a sale of the business at a ridiculously high multiple to make the numbers work, a deus ex machina.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | dei ex machinis | Monikko | dii ex machinis (harvinainen) |
| Monikko | di ex machinis (harvinainen) | Monikko | di ex machina |
| Monikko | dii ex machina | Monikko | dei ex machina |
| Monikko | deus ex machinas |
(historical, literary) A deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene in a difficult situation (i.e., to resolve a crisis, or untangle issues surrounding it, a character logically expected to do so).
Deus ex machina in Euripides' Medea, performed in 2009 in Syracuse, Italy; the sun god sends a golden chariot to rescue Medea.
(historical, literary) A deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene in a difficult situation (i.e., to resolve a crisis, or untangle issues surrounding it, a character logically expected to do so).
Characters ascend into heaven to become gods at the end of the 1650 play Andromède.