noun · masculinethird declension
māchinātor
māchinātor m (genitive māchinātōris)
Classical[maː.kʰɪˈnaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ma.kiˈnaː.tor]
Meaning
- engineer
- inventor
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | māchinātor | māchinātōrēs |
| genitive | māchinātōris | māchinātōrum |
| dative | māchinātōrī | māchinātōribus |
| accusative | māchinātōrem | māchinātōrēs |
| ablative | māchinātōre | māchinātōribus |
| vocative | māchinātor | māchinātōrēs |
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
māchinātor ōris, m
machinor, a contriver, designer, engineer, architect : tormentorum, L.— Fig., a contriver, inventor : rerum: scelerum.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή(mēkhănḗ)
- Latinmāchinātor
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 *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin māchinātor From māchinor + -tor.
In English words that came into English from māchinātor
- machinatormāchinātor