LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

māchinātiō

māchinātiō f (genitive māchinātiōnis)
Classical[maː.kʰɪˈnaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ma.kiˈnat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. contrivance
  2. machine, engine
  3. machination, artifice

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

māchina, opus artis
machine, contrivance
māchinātiō -ōnis (f) — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 7

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemāchinātiōmāchinātiōnēs
genitivemāchinātiōnismāchinātiōnum
dativemāchinātiōnīmāchinātiōnibus
accusativemāchinātiōnemmāchinātiōnēs
ablativemāchinātiōnemāchinātiōnibus
vocativemāchinātiōmāchinātiōnēs

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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή(mēkhănḗ)
  3. Latinmāchinātiō

Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchina Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin māchinor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin māchinātiō From māchinor (“contrive, design”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanmaquinació
  • Englishmachination
  • Frenchmachination
  • Romanianmașinațiefrom French machination
  • Italianmacchinazione
  • Occitanmaquinacion
  • Portuguesemaquinação
  • Spanishmaquinación
  • Galicianmaquinación

In English words that came into English from māchinātiō

  • machinationmāchinātiō

Quick answers

What does māchinātiō mean in Latin?
māchinātiō, a noun, means “contrivance; machine, engine; machination, artifice”.
What is the genitive of māchinātiō?
The genitive singular is māchinātiōnis. māchinātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce māchinātiō?
In classical Latin, [maː.kʰɪˈnaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ma.kiˈnat.t͡si.o].
Where does māchinātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? → Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) → Latin māchinātiō.