machinor
Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
māchĭnor: ātus, 1,
I v. dep. a. machina, to contrive skilfully, to devise, design, frame, invent (class).
I 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.—
II 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.—
(b) 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).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
māchĭnor,¹² ātus sum, ārī (machina), tr.,
1 combiner, imaginer, exécuter [qqch. d’ingénieux] : Lucr. 3, 944 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 149 ; de Or. 3, 174
2 [fig.] machiner, tramer, ourdir [en mauv. part] : Pl. Capt. 530 ; etc. ; Cic. Verr. 2, pr. 15 ; Nat. 3, 66 ; Cat. 1, 2. machinatus au sens pass. Sall. C. 48, 7 ; H. 2, 29, 3 ; 3, 38 ; Vitr. Arch. 10, 1, 4 ; Apul. Mund. 21.
