machinator
ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται → spare the rod and spoil the child | οne who hasn't been flayed is not being taught | if the man was not beaten, he is not educated | the man, who was not paddled, is not educated
Latin > English
machinator machinatoris N M :: engineer, one who devises/constructs machines; contriver of plots/events
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
māchĭnātor: ōris, m. machinor,
I a maker of machines, a machinist, an engineer, architect (class.).
I Lit., of Archimedes: 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. —
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
māchĭnātŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (machinor),
1 mécanicien, inventeur ou fabricant d’une machine : Liv. 24, 34 ; Sen. Ep. 89, 19 || architecte, ingénieur : Tac. Ann. 15, 42
2 [fig.] machinateur, artisan de [ordt en mauv. part] : Cic. Agr. 1, 16 ; Amer. 132 ; Cat. 3, 6 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 10.
Latin > German (Georges)
māchinātor, ōris, m. (machinor), I) der Maschinenbauer, Maschinist, Ingenieur, Baumeister, tormentorum, Liv.: absol., Sen.: u. magistris et machinatoribus Severo et Celere, unter Aufsicht u. nach Angabe des S. u. C., Tac. – II) übtr., der gleichs. die Maschinen zu etw. Schlechtem in Bewegung setzt, Anstifter, Urheber, omnium architectus et machinator, Bewerkstelliger u. Anstifter, Cic.: huius belli, Liv.: auctor et mach. malorum, Lact.: scelerum inventor et malorum mach., Lact.: horum omnium scelerum improbissimus mach., Cic.
