machinor

Latin

Etymology

From māchina (device, engine), of Greek origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

māchinor (present infinitive māchinārī, perfect active māchinātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to devise, invent
    Synonyms: inveniō, comminīscor, struō
  2. to plot evil, contrive
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.2:
      Ad mortem tē, Catilīna, dūcī iussū Cōnsulis iam prīdem oportēbat, in tē cōnferrī pestem, quam in nōs omnēs iam diū māchināris.
      Catiline, for a long time now it has been fitting that you be led to your death by the Consul’s order; that the destruction you [have been] plotting against us all for so long should be brought upon you.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: maquinar
  • English: machinate
  • French: machiner
  • Italian: macchinare
  • Portuguese: maquinar
  • Spanish: maquinar

References

  • machinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • machinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • machinor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: pestem alicui (in aliquem) machinari