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1 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. -
2 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 -
3 constitutor
constĭtūtor, ōris, m. [constituo], an orderer, arranger (mostly post-class.):legis,
Quint. 3, 6, 43:rerum omnium Deus,
Lact. 3, 9, 10:Deus machinator constitutorque rerum,
id. 4, 6, 1:moderatorque cunctorum,
Arn. 3, p. 101:SACRI CERTAMINIS,
Inscr. Grut. 254, 4:CONSTITVTORES COLLEGII NVMINIS DOMINORVM,
Inscr. Orell. 2389. -
4 machinatrix
māchĭnātrix, īcis, f. [machinator], an inventress:malorum facinorum,
Sen. Med. 266. -
5 tormentum
tormentum, i, n. [torqueo, an instrument with which any thing is turned or twisted].I.An engine for hurling missiles.A.Lit.:B.tormenta telorum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:tormentis Mutinam verberavit,
id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 4, 25; id. B. C. 1, 17; Hirt. B. G. 8, 14, 5:machinator bellicorum tormentorum,
Liv. 24, 34, 2; Sil. 6, 279; Tac. A. 2, 81; id. H. 3, 20; 4, 23; Curt. 4, 3, 13.—Transf., a missile, shot thrown by the engine:II.quod unum genus tegumenti nullo telo neque tormento transici posse,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9;telum tormentumve missum,
id. ib. 3, 51; 3, 56; Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85; Stat. Th. 9, 145; Curt. 4, 2, 9.—A (twisted) cord, rope: praesectis [p. 1879] crinibus tormenta effecerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 9:III.falces tormentis introrsus reducebant,
id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:laxare,
Quint. Decl. 19, 15; Grat. Cyn. 26; Auct. Priap. 6:stuppeum,
App. Mag. p. 276, 14:ferreum,
i. e. fetters, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.:sine tormentorum injuriā,
Petr. 102.—An instrument of torture, a rack.A.Lit.:B.verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; 11, 4, 8; 13, 9, 21:quaerere de aliquo tormentis,
id. Deiot. 1, 3; id. Clu. 63, 176 sq.; id. Mil. 21, 57; 22, 58; id. Sull. 28, 78; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Part. Or. 14, 50; id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80; Caes. B. G. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 20, 10; 3, 5, 10; Suet. Tib. 19; 58; 62 al.:tu lene tormentum ingenio admoves,
a rack of a mild sort, Hor. C. 3, 21, 13.—Transf., in gen., torture, anguish, pain, torment, etc.:IV.cruciatus et tormenta pati,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 6; cf.:tormento liberari,
Col. 6, 7, 1; so of the torture or pain of sickness, Cels. 7, 11; Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155; 20, 4, 13, § 27; 22, 22, 37, § 79:tormenta fortunae,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 1: caecae suspitionis, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:invidiā Siculi non invenere tyranni Majus tormentum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 59; Juv. 2, 137:esse in tormentis,
Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 9:incredibiles cruciatus et indignissima tormenta pati,
id. ib. 1, 12, 6:tormentum sibi injungere,
id. Pan. 86, 1:bene tormentis secubituque coli,
Ov. Am. 3, 10, 16; so of the pain of love, Mart. 7, 29, 1:tormentis gaudet amantis,
Juv. 6, 209:animi tormenta latentis in aegro Corpore,
id. 9, 18.—A clothes-press, mangle, Sen. Tranq. 1, 3.
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