English → Latin
“mechanism” in Latin
māchinacontrivance; war machine, military engine, siege engine; scaffoldmāchinātiōcontrivance; machine, engine; machination, artificemāchināmentummachine, engine; siege engine; machination
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mechanism
machina; machinatio; e.g., bestiis data est quaedam machinatio (Cic., N.D., 2, 48, 123); machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus (ib., 2, 38, 97): a piece of mechanism, machinamentum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mechanism?
- The usual Latin words for “mechanism” are māchina, māchinātiō, māchināmentum. 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.