English → Latin
“machine” in Latin
māchinacontrivance; war machine, military engine, siege engine; scaffoldmāchinātiōcontrivance; machine, engine; machination, artificemāchināmentummachine, engine; siege engine; machinationcompāgēsbinding, fastening (act); bond, tie; jointpēgmaa bookcase; a scaffold; a fixture made of boards, for use or ornament, belonging to a house
The English word machine itself goes back to Latin māchina.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
machine
machina (Cic.); machinatio (Caes., Vitr.); machinamentum (with reference to its use): compages, pegma (with reference to its frame-work or construction): warlike machine, instrumentum belli; machinae bellicae, plur.: a mere machine, qui nihil unquam arbitrio suo fecit (Cic.); qui vivit ad aliorum arbitrium, non ad suum (Cic.); *qui tamquam machinatione aliqua movetur; *quem aliquam machinam citius dixerim, quam hominem; or, quem non tam cito hominem dixerim, quam aliquam machinam: like a mere machine, machinae modo; sine sensu or judicio; alieno impetu; non sua sponte: to become a mere machine, nihil amplius suo consilio, sua sponte, agere: he is a mere machine, homo iste nihil suo consilio, nihil interno pulsu agit, mollitur (Kraft).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for machine?
- The usual Latin words for “machine” are māchina, māchinātiō, māchināmentum; also compāgēs, pēgma. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.