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).