māchĭnātor (noun M) : machinor
* A maker of machines, a machinist, an engineer, architect (class.).
* Lit., of Archimedes: inventor ac machinator bellicorum tormentorum,Liv. 24, 34: machinatores, qui pegmata per se surgentia excogitant,Sen. Ep. 88, 19: magistri et machinatores quibus ingenium et audacia erat,Tac. A. 15, 42: deus rerum omnium machinator fecit hominem,maker, creator,Lact. 2, 11.
* Trop., a contriver, inventor: harum omnium rerum machinatores,Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16: omnium architectus et machinator,id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132: horum omnium scelerum improbissimus machinator,id. Cat. 3, 3, 6: doli,Tac. A. 1, 10: auctor et machinator accusationis,App. Mag. p. 274, 22.

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