māchĭnor — Lewis & Short
māchĭnor, ātus, 1,
I 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, = mhxana=sqai:
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.—
(b) 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).