machinamentum
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
Latin > English
machinamentum machinamenti N N :: siege-engine
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
māchĭnāmentum: i, n. id.,
I a machine, engine; an instrument, organ (perh. not ante-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I Lit.: machinamenta alia quatiendis muris portabant, military engines, Liv. 24, 34: suspensum et nutans machinamentum, Tac. H. 4, 30: nihil tam ignarum barbaris, quam machinamenta et astus oppugnationum, id. A. 12, 45: tot genera machinamentorum ad extendendum femur, surgical instruments, Cels. 8, 20: singulis articulis singula machinamenta, quibus extorqueantur, aptata, Sen. Ep. 24, 14; id. Cons. ad Marc. 20, 3.—*
B Transf., the organs of sense, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 9, 20.—
II Trop., a trick, device, stratagem (post-class.): callida commeantium, Cod. Th. 6, 28, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
māchĭnāmentum,¹³ ī, n. (machinor),
1 machine, instrument : Liv. 24, 34 ; Tac. H. 4, 30 ; Ann. 12, 45 || instrument [de chirurgie] : Cels. Med. 8, 20 ; Sen. Ep. 24, 14
2 [fig.] organe des sens : Apul. Plat. 1, 13 || expédient : Cod. Th. 6, 28, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
māchināmentum, ī, n. (machinor), I) eine Maschine, ein Rüst- od. Werkzeug, Sisenna fr., Liv. u.a. – als Marterwerkzeug, Sen.: als Gabelarm (tolleno), Tac. – v. den Werkzeugen der Sinne, Apul. de dogm. Plat. 1, 13 extr. – II) übtr., der Kunstgriff, auch Hirngespinst, Cod. Theod. 6, 28, 6. Augustin. epist. 43, 18; conf. 5, 14 u.a.
