māchĭnor, ātus, 1
* V. dep. a. [machina], to contrive skilfully, to devise, design, frame, invent (class).
* 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.
* In partic., to contrive artfully, to scheme, plot, = μηχανᾶσθαι: 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.
* 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).

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