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1 māchinātor
māchinātor ōris, m [machinor], a contriver, designer, engineer, architect: tormentorum, L.— Fig., a contriver, inventor: rerum: scelerum.* * *engineer, one who devises/constructs machines; contriver of plots/events -
2 ad - minister
ad - minister trī, m one who is at hand to help, an assistant, minister, helper: administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus utuntur, Cs.: consiliorum, S. — Esp., a tool, instrument, pandar: Naevi: istius cupiditatum.—An engineer, attendant: opus et administros tutari, S. -
3 faber
faber brī ( gen plur. brūm; rarely brōrum, C.), m [2 FAC-], a workman, maker, forger, smith, artificer, carpenter, joiner: Marmoris aut eboris aut aeris, H.: hominem pro fabro emere: fabri ad aedificandam rem p., laborers: praefectus fabrūm, chief engineer, Cs.: ex legionibus fabros delegit, artisans, Cs.: His fabris crescunt patrimonia, i. e. these smiths add to their patrimonies, Iu.: volans (i. e. Icarus), Iu.: tignarius, carpenter.— Prov.: tractant fabrilia fabri, H.— A dory, sunfish, O.* * *Ifabra, fabrum ADJskillful; ingenious; of craftsman/workman/artisan or his workIIworkman, artisan; smith; carpenter -
4 mūnītor
mūnītor ōris, m [munio], a fortifier, engineer, miner: qui pro munitoribus armati steterant, L.: munitorum numerus, sappers and miners, L., Ta.: Troiae, i. e. Apollo, O.* * * -
5 praefectus
praefectus ī, m [P. of praeficio], an overseer, director, superintendent: morum, N.: nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur: annonae, L.: praefecti libidinum suarum.—In public life, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, deputy: qui Aemilio legati et praefecti fuerunt: Lydiae, governor of the province, N.: classis, admiral: legionis, commander, Ta.: alae, Ta.: arcis, L.: custodum, N.: fabrūm, chief engineer: (timor) ortus est a tribunis militum, praefectis reliquisque, etc., colonels of cavalry, Cs.: praefecti regii, commanders of armies, L.: praefecti regis, S.* * *commander; prefect -
6 ingeniarius
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7 mechanicus
Imechanica, mechanicum ADJmechanical; of/concerned with machines/engineeringII IIIengineer; acrobat performing w/gymnastic apparatus -
8 machinator
māchĭnātor, ōris, m. [machinor], a maker of machines, a machinist, an engineer, architect (class.).I.Lit., of Archimedes:II.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. -
9 mensor
mensor, ōris, m. [metior], a measurer (post Aug.).I.In gen.:II.te maris, et terrae, numeroque carentis arenae Mensorem cohibent, Archyta,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 1:frumentarius,
a corn-measurer, Paul. Dig. 27, 1, 26.—In partic.A.A surveyor:B.non agricolae sed mensoris officium esse dicebam,
Col. 6, 1:cautus humum longo signavit limite mensor,
Ov. M. 1, 136.—An architect, Plin. Ep. 10, 27, 5; 10, 18, 3; Inscr. Orell. 3223.—C.Milit. t. t.1.An engineer, Amm. 19, 11, 8; Cassiod. Var. 3, 52.—2.One who measures out the ground for an encampment, a quartermaster, Veg. Mil. 2, 7, Cod. Th. 7, 8, 4; Inscr. Orell. 3473. -
10 munitor
mūnītor, ōris, m. [id.], a fortifier, a worker on fortifications, an engineer, miner, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.), Tac. A. 1, 64:qui pro munitoribus armati steterant (al. munitionibus),
Liv. 7, 23:munitorum numerus,
miners, id. 5, 19, 11.— Poet.:Trojae,
i. e. Apollo, the builder of the walls of Troy, Ov. H. 5, 139. -
11 praeficio
prae-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to set over any thing (as officer, superintendent, leader, etc.), to place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to the command of.I.Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.:II.praepono, praefero): te cum securi caudicali praeficio provinciae,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:praefeci rure recte qui curet tamen,
id. Cas. 1, 1, 17:aliquem pecori,
Cic. Planc. 25, 62:certum magistratum alicui procurationi,
id. Leg. 2, 26, 66:imperatorem bello,
id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:tantis rebus,
id. ib. 10, 27:legatos legionibus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 24:pontifices sacris,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:aliquem sacerdotio Neptuni,
Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27:libertos rationibus, libellis et epistulis,
Tac. A. 6, 8:aliquem provinciae,
id. ib. 13, 46;2, 4: aliquem classi,
Nep. Milt. 4, 1; Liv. 35, 42 et saep.:lucis Avernis,
Verg. A. 6, 118:Juno sacris praefecta maritis,
Ov. H. 12, 87:in eo exercitu inimici mei fratrem praefecerat,
had given him a command, Cic. Sest. 18, 41. —Trop., to set over, etc. (rare): nec locus nec materia invenitur, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 12. —Hence, as subst.: praefectus, i, m., an overseer, director, president, chief, commander, prefect.A.In gen.:B.gumnasi praefecto poenas pendere,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22:villae,
Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.:tu (censor) es praefectus moribus,
Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:praefectus morum,
Nep. Hamilc. 3, 2:nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur,
Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (Non. 499, 13); cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:cum praefectus custodum quaesisset, etc.,
Nep. Eum. 11, 1:his utitur quasi praefectis libidinum suarum,
Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 15.—In partic., as a title of particular civil or military officers, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, etc.:praefectus aerarii or aerario,
a treasurer, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2; id. Pan. 92; Gell. 13, 24, 30; Capitol. Gord. 4: annonae, a superintendent of grain or of the markets, Tac. A. 11, 31; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 1186; 1091;3169: castrorum or castris,
an officer who attended to the pitching of the camp and all matters connected therewith, a quartermaster, Vell. 2, 112, 6; 119, 4; 120, 4; Tac. A. 14, 37; 1, 20; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 10:classis,
an admiral, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89; Liv. 26, 48; 36, 20; 42; Flor. 3, 7; afterwards also for a captain of a ship, Tac. H. 3, 12; Veg. Mil. 4, 32; Inscr. Orell. 3596;who was formerly called praefectus navis: dextrum cornu praefectos navium ad terram explicare jubet,
Liv. 36, 44; Flor. 2, 5: fabrūm, in the army, a superintendent of the military engines, chief engineer, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 2; id. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 76, 1; Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; Inscr. Orell. 4906;in the free towns and colonies,
a superintendent of public works, ib. 516: equitum, a commander of the cavalry, as we say, a colonel or general of cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12; Vell. 2, 24, 1;called also simply praefectus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 3, 7; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7; cf.cohortium,
Sall. J. 46, 7: legionis, in the time of the emperors, the same that was previously called legatus legionis, a commander of the legion, i. q. our colonel, Tac. H. 1, 82; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Galb. 11; 14; id. Calig. 56; id. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 465, 2; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 9:praefectus regis or regius,
a commander-in-chief, generalissimo, Liv. 36, 11; Sall. J. 46, 5; Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; id. Ages. 2, 3; cf. Flor. 3, 5; 11:praefectus praetorio and praetorii, in the time of the emperors,
a commander of the imperial body - guard, pretorian prefect, Tac. A. 1, 24; id. H. 1, 13; 19; Dig. 1, 11 et saep.; in later times, a governor of a province of the Roman empire: praefectus urbi or urbis, governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction, Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Tac. A. 6, 10; 11; Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 223; Suet. Aug. 33; Inscr. Orell. 3153 sq.:vigilum or vigilibus,
a captain of the watch, Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 58; Inscr. Orell. 801; 1088; 1929:Aegypti,
the governor of the province of Egypt, Suet. Aug. 18; 66; id. Vesp. 6; Dig. 1, 17; Inscr. Orell. 709; 3651; so,Lydiae, Ioniae, totiusque Phrygiae,
Nep. Dat. 2, 5:Alpium,
Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134; Inscr. Grut. 287, 7.
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