machinatio
οἱ τοῖς πέλας ἐπιβουλεύοντες, λανθάνουσι πολλὰκις ὑφ' ἑτέρων τοῦτ' αὐτὸ πάσχοντες → when people plot against their neighbours, they fall victim to the same sort of plot themselves
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
māchĭnātĭo: ōnis, f. machinor,
I artificial contrivance, mechanism, machinery (class.).
I Lit.: 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.—
B Transf. (abstr. pro concreto), a machine, engine: tantae altitudinis machinationes, Caes. B. G. 2, 31: tanta, id. ib. 2, 30; 4, 17: navalis, id. B. C. 2, 10: tale machinationis genus, Liv. 37, 5.—
II 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, by artifice, by fraud, ib. 45, 1, 36.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
māchĭnātĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (machinor),
1 disposition ingénieuse, mécanisme : Cic. Nat. 2, 87 ; 2, 123
2 machine, engin : Cæs. G. 2, 31, 2 ; 4, 17, 3 ; Liv. 37, 5
3 [fig.] machination, artifice, ruse : Cic. de Or. 2, 72 ; Dig. 4, 3, 1.
