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|lshtext=<b>māchĭna</b>: ae, f. = [[μηχανή]] | |lshtext=<b>māchĭna</b>: ae, f. = [[μηχανή]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[machine]], i. e. [[any]] [[artificial]] [[contrivance]] for performing [[work]], an [[engine]], [[fabric]], [[frame]], [[scaffolding]], [[staging]], easel, [[warlike]] [[engine]], [[military]] [[machine]], etc.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[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.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.,<br /> <b>1</b> A [[platform]] on [[which]] slaves were [[exposed]] for [[sale]]: amicam de machinis [[emere]], Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 2, 8.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[painter]]'s easel, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120.—<br /> <b>3</b> A [[scaffold]] for [[building]]: de machinā cadere, Dig. 13, 6, 5; Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 30.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[military]] [[machine]], [[warlike]] [[engine]]: 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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, id. Bacch. 2, 2, 54. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
māchĭna: ae, f. = μηχανή,
I 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.: 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.—
B Esp.,
1 A platform on which slaves were exposed for sale: amicam de machinis emere, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 2, 8.—
2 A painter's easel, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120.—
3 A scaffold for building: de machinā cadere, Dig. 13, 6, 5; Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 30.—
4 A military machine, warlike engine: 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.—
II 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, id. Bacch. 2, 2, 54.
