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1 māchinātiō
māchinātiō ōnis, f [machinor], a contrivance, mechanism, mechanical artifice: machinatione quadam moveri aliquid.— A machine, engine: tantae altitudinis machinationes, Cs.: navalis, Cs.: tale machinationis genus, L.—Fig., a trick, device, contrivance: (iudex) tamquam machinatione aliquā contorquendus.* * *machine; engine (of war), mechanism, contrivance, artifice; trick, device -
2 machinatio
māchĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [machinor], artificial contrivance, mechanism, machinery (class.).I.Lit.:B.cum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram,
Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:data est quibusdam bestiis machinatio quaedam, et sollertia,
power of contrivance, design, id. ib. 2, 48, 123.—Transf. (abstr. pro concreto), a machine, engine:II.tantae altitudinis machinationes,
Caes. B. G. 2, 31:tanta,
id. ib. 2, 30;4, 17: navalis,
id. B. C. 2, 10: tale machinationis [p. 1093] genus, Liv. 37, 5.—Trop., a trick, device, machination, contrivance; artifice, fraud:judex tamquam machinatione aliqua tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquendus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:dolus malus est omnis calliditas, fallacia, machinatio ad circumveniendum, fallendum, decipiendum alterum adhibita,
Dig. 4, 3, 1; 14:per machinationem obligatus,
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3 machina
māchĭna, ae, f. = mêchanê, a machine, i. e. any artificial contrivance for performing work, an engine, fabric, frame, scaffolding, staging, easel, warlike engine, military machine, etc.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.moles et machina mundi,
Lucr. 5, 96:omnes illae columnae machinā appositā dejectae sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 145:torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:trahuntque siccas machinae carinas,
id. C. 1, 4, 2:frumentaria,
Dig. 33, 7, 12.—Esp.,1.A platform on which slaves were exposed for sale:2.amicam de machinis emere,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 2, 8.—A painter's easel, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120.—3.A scaffold for building:4.de machinā cadere,
Dig. 13, 6, 5; Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 30.—A military machine, warlike engine:II.machinis omnium generum expugnare oppidum,
Sall. J. 21:aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros,
Verg. A. 2, 46:murales,
Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202:arietaria,
Vitr. 10, 19.—Trop., a device, plan, contrivance; esp. a trick, artifice, stratagem:at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,
i. e. abandon your schemes, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:totam hanc legem ad illius opes evertendas tamquam machinam comparari,
Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 50: omnes ad amplificandam orationem quasi machinae, * Quint. 11, 1, 44: dolum aut machinam commoliar, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:quantas moveo machinas!
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 1:aliquam machinabor machinam, Unde aurum efficiam,
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4 dolus
dolus ī, m [cf. δόγοσ], a device, artifice, contrivance ; in the phrase, dolus malus, wilful wrong, fraud, malice: Dolo malo haec fieri omnia, T.: in vi dolus malus inest, the crime of violence implies malice. — Guile, deceit, deception, cunning, trickery: quom nil obsint doli, T.: dolis atque fallaciis contendit, S.: ne cui dolus necteretur, L.: dolo divom victa, V.: ad pernitiem eius dolum quaerere, S.: dolo factum negat esse suo, i. e. any fault, H.: dolo pugnandum est, dum quis par non est armis, N.: consilio etiam additus dolus, L.: dolis instructus et arte, V.— A snare: tendit Turdis dolos, H.: doli fabricator Epeos, V.* * *trick, device, deceit, treachery, trickery, cunning, fraud -
5 inventum
inventum ī, n [P. n. of invenio], an acquisition: inventis abstinet, H.—A device, contrivance, invention: te omnes di cum istoc invento perduint, T.: inventa Zenonis: medicina meum est, O.* * *invention, discovery -
6 māchina
māchina ae, f, μηχανή, a machine, engine: columnae machinā appositā: Torquet lapidem machina, H.: Trahunt machinae carinas, H.—A military machine, warlike engine: oppidum machinis omnium generum expugnare, S.: in nostros fabricata muros, V.—Fig., a device, contrivance, trick, artifice, stratagem: legem tamquam machinam comparari: omnibus machinis oppugnari.* * *machine; siege engine; scheme -
7 colliquiarium
contrivance (pl.) for reliving air-pressure in water pipes -
8 conliquiarium
contrivance (pl.) for reliving air-pressure in water pipes -
9 comminiscor
com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.I.(Class., of something untrue;B.esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,
id. As. 1, 1, 89:mendacium,
id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:dolum docte,
id. ib. 4, 7, 64:maledicta,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:nec me hoc commentum putes,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,
id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:II.Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,
Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,occurrentia nescio quae,
id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:quaedam,
id. Fat. 3, 5.—In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:► 1.nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,
Liv. 37, 5, 5:id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,
id. 29, 37, 4:novas litteras,
Suet. Claud. 41:novum balinearum usum,
id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,
Mel. 1, 12, 1:excubias nocturnas vigilesque,
Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:2.dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,
Ov. M. 6, 565:sacra,
id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:crimen,
Liv. 26, 27, 8:fraus,
Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,Subst.: commentum, i, n.A.(Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:B.ipsis commentum placet,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:opinionum commenta delet dies,
Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,
Liv. 1, 19, 5:mixta rumorum,
Ov. M. 12, 54:animi,
id. ib. 13, 38.—Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—C. D.A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—E.A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1. -
10 conminiscor
com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.I.(Class., of something untrue;B.esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,
id. As. 1, 1, 89:mendacium,
id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:dolum docte,
id. ib. 4, 7, 64:maledicta,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:nec me hoc commentum putes,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,
id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:II.Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,
Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,occurrentia nescio quae,
id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:quaedam,
id. Fat. 3, 5.—In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:► 1.nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,
Liv. 37, 5, 5:id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,
id. 29, 37, 4:novas litteras,
Suet. Claud. 41:novum balinearum usum,
id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,
Mel. 1, 12, 1:excubias nocturnas vigilesque,
Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:2.dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,
Ov. M. 6, 565:sacra,
id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:crimen,
Liv. 26, 27, 8:fraus,
Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,Subst.: commentum, i, n.A.(Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:B.ipsis commentum placet,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:opinionum commenta delet dies,
Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,
Liv. 1, 19, 5:mixta rumorum,
Ov. M. 12, 54:animi,
id. ib. 13, 38.—Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—C. D.A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—E.A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1. -
11 fabricatus
fā̆brĭcātus, ūs. m. [fabricor], a skilful production, contrivance; trop., device:fabricatu,
Sid. Ep. 3, 13 fin. -
12 inventum
inventum, i, n. [invenio], a device, contrivance, invention (class.): ut te omnes di [p. 994] cum istoc invento atque incepto perduint, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 7:inventa Zenonis,
Cic. Mur. 29, 61:inventum medicina meum est,
Ov. M. 1, 521:artium, litterarum, etc.,
Quint. 3, 7, 8:optima inventa,
id. 5, 12, 19. -
13 machinamen
māchĭnāmen, ĭnis, n. [machinor], a contrivance, device, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 14. -
14 machinatus
māchĭnātus, ūs, m. [machinor], a contrivance, artifice, device (post-class.):suo machinatu,
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15 mechanisma
mēchănisma, ătis, n., mechanical contrivance, mechanism, for mechanema (post-class.), Cassiod. Var. 1, 45. -
16 molitio
1.mōlītĭo, ōnis, f. [molior], a putting in motion, moving, removing; a laborious undertaking, preparation, contrivance (rare but class.): molitio agrorum, a working, ploughing, digging, Col. prooem.:2.terrena,
id. 11, 2, 98:facilis molitio eorum valli erat,
a tearing out, demolishing, Liv. 33, 5, 6; a building, making, of the creation of the world, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19.—In gen., an enterprise, undertaking, Amm. 14, 9, 4.mŏlĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [molo], a grinding (late Lat.), Ambros. Serm. 29. -
17 remulcum
rĕmulcum ( rymulcum, acc. to the Gr., Amm. 18, 5, 6), i (for the most part only in abl.), n. [rhumoulkeô], nautical t. t., a tow-rope, or any other contrivance for towing:remulcum funis, quo deligata navis magnā trahitur vice remi,
Isid. Orig. 19, 4, 8:remulco est, cum scaphae remis navis magna trahitur,
Fest. p. 279 Müll.:navem remulco abstraxit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 23 fin.:submersam navim remulco adduxit,
id. ib. 3, 40: naves onerarias remulco Alexandriam deducit, Auct. B. Alex. 11 fin.:navem remulco trahere,
Liv. 25, 30; 32, 16. — Here prob. belongs the fragment of Sisenna: in altum remulco trahit, Sisenn. ap. Non. 57, 29 (where Nonius erroneously assumes a verb, remulco, āre; cf. supra, the article of Festus, where also remulco forms the heading); Valgius ap. Isid. l. l.; Aus. Idyll. 10, 41; id. Ep. 2, 9; Paul. Nol. Ep. 49. —Prov.:non contis nec rymulco, ut aiunt, sed velificatione plenā in rempublicam ferebantur,
Amm. 18, 5, 6. -
18 rymulcum
rĕmulcum ( rymulcum, acc. to the Gr., Amm. 18, 5, 6), i (for the most part only in abl.), n. [rhumoulkeô], nautical t. t., a tow-rope, or any other contrivance for towing:remulcum funis, quo deligata navis magnā trahitur vice remi,
Isid. Orig. 19, 4, 8:remulco est, cum scaphae remis navis magna trahitur,
Fest. p. 279 Müll.:navem remulco abstraxit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 23 fin.:submersam navim remulco adduxit,
id. ib. 3, 40: naves onerarias remulco Alexandriam deducit, Auct. B. Alex. 11 fin.:navem remulco trahere,
Liv. 25, 30; 32, 16. — Here prob. belongs the fragment of Sisenna: in altum remulco trahit, Sisenn. ap. Non. 57, 29 (where Nonius erroneously assumes a verb, remulco, āre; cf. supra, the article of Festus, where also remulco forms the heading); Valgius ap. Isid. l. l.; Aus. Idyll. 10, 41; id. Ep. 2, 9; Paul. Nol. Ep. 49. —Prov.:non contis nec rymulco, ut aiunt, sed velificatione plenā in rempublicam ferebantur,
Amm. 18, 5, 6. -
19 sutela
sūtēla, ae, f. [suo], prop. a sewing together; hence, trop., a cunning device or contrivance, an artifice, trick, wile (Plautin.):sutelae dolosae astutiae a similitudine suentium dictae, Fest. pp. 310 and 311 Müll.: ob sutelas tuas,
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20 trochlea
trochlĕa or troclĕa, ae, f. [contr. from trochalia], a mechanical contrivance for raising weights, a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, a block, Vitr. 10, 2; Cato, R. R. 3, 5; Lucr. 4, 905.—Prov.: trochleis pituitam adducere, q. s. to draw up phlegm with a hoisting-tackle, i. e. to hawk violently, Quint. 11, 3, 56.
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