Logeion | machina

māchina, ae, f.: a machine, fabric, engine, 2.46, et al.

māchĭna, ae, f. = μηχανή, a machine, i. e. any artificial contrivance for performing work, an engine, fabric, frame, scaffolding, staging, easel, warlike engine, military machine, etc.

I Lit.
- A In gen.: moles et machina mundi, Lucr. 5, 96: omnes illae columnae machinā appositā dejectae sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 145: torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73: trahuntque siccas machinae carinas, id. C. 1, 4, 2: frumentaria, Dig. 33, 7, 12.—
- B Esp.,
- - 1 A platform on which slaves were exposed for sale: amicam de machinis emere, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 2, 8.—
  - 2 A painter's easel, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120.—
  - 3 A scaffold for building: de machinā cadere, Dig. 13, 6, 5; Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 30.—
  - 4 A military machine, warlike engine: machinis omnium generum expugnare oppidum, Sall. J. 21: aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros, Verg. A. 2, 46: murales, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202: arietaria, Vitr. 10, 19.—
II Trop., a device, plan, contrivance; esp. a trick, artifice, stratagem: at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas, i. e. abandon your schemes, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137 (551): totam hanc legem ad illius opes evertendas tamquam machinam comparari, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 50: omnes ad amplificandam orationem quasi machinae, * Quint. 11, 1, 44: dolum aut machinam commoliar, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73: quantas moveo machinas! Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 1 (813): aliquam machinabor machinam, Unde aurum efficiam, id. Bacch. 2, 2, 54 (232).

māchina, ae, f. (μηχανή), die Maschine, das Gerüst, I) als künstlich zusammengesetztes Werk, mundi, Lucr. 5, 96. – II) insbes.: 1) als Vorrichtung, um etw. in Bewegung od. ins Werk zu setzen, a) eig., Steine fortzuschaffen, Cic.: Säulen herabzureißen, Cic.: Schiffe ins Meer zu ziehen, eine Walze, Hor. – im Bilde, hanc totam fere legem ad illius opes evertendas, tamquam machinam, comparari, Cic.: isdem machinis sperant me posse labefactari, Cic.: ut omnes adhibeam machinas ad tenendum adulescentulum, alle Hebel in Bewegung setzen muß, Cic. – b) übtr., Werkzeug zum Bösen, Kunstgriff, List, Plaut. u. Cic. – 2) das Gerüst, die Bühne zum Ausstellen der verkäuflichen Sklaven, amicam de machinis emit, Q. Cic. petit. cons. 8. – 3) ein Gerüst für Bauarbeiter = Baugerüst, machinae aedificationum, Plin.: de machina cadere, ICt. – für Maler = Staffelei, Plin. – 4) im Kriege, eine Maschine = grobes Geschütz (catapultae), Türme usw. zu Belagerungen, Sall., Verg. u. Liv.

machina [CL < μηχανή] 1 mechanical device, implement, apparatus, contrivance. sive per linum sive aliam quamque ~am Comm. Cant. III 51; rota, per girum quam trudit machina limphae Aldh. Aen. 48 (Vertico poli) 8; sumptis ~is et quibuslibet utensilibus quibus ad id perficiendum habebant opus Abbo Edm. 15; s969 dum alii [operarii] lapides comportant, alii cementum conficiunt, atque alii hoc et illos rotali ~a in altum subministrant Chr. Rams. 41; s1239 ~am illam penalem, que gibet appellatur M. Par. Maj. III 545; 1443 augee ventose, suspirales fistule, pipe et alie ~e per quas tota aqua ‥ recipitur et currit Foed. XI 29b; 1469 pro vectura et ammocione meremii et cujusdam ~e vocate le craane (Ac. Universitatis f. 60a) Arch. Hist. Camb. III 14n. 2. 2 (mil.) engine, weapon, machine: a (w. ref. to siege engine or sim.); b (w. ref. to gun); c (w. ref. to missile, bullet, or sim.); d (in fig. context). e ? (gen. pl. as surname, perh. to be referred to 1 supra; but perh. in all quots. to be read as Scot. machinar or sim.). a acies flammae ‥ populum ‥ infidelem non tam ferro igne ~is ‥ quam solis minis ‥ subjugavit Gildas EB 5; 10‥ ~am, searocræft ‥ ~is, wigcræftum WW; 1075 cum balistariis et artificibus ~arum multis Lanfr. Ep. 35 (35); cum videret ‥ expugnandi difficultatem, ~as compaginari precepit W. Malm. GR IV 380; machina muralis sit in illis [sc. oppidis] menia servans D. Bec. 1861; arietes, vinee, vites ‥ et cetere ~e [gl.: mangunel, engins] belli Neckam Ut. 104; mangonalia, fustibula et trebucheta ‥ et cados versatiles, que omnia sunt ~e [gl.: engins] bellice Garl. Dict. 130; s1224 ~e in quibus tam balistarii quam fundibularii in insidiis latitabant Ann. Dunstable 87; Grecus dicit michana, Latinus ~a, ~a est fabrica et instrumentum expugnandi Bacon Gram. Gk. 137. b ~as petrarias Otterb. 257 (v. 2 gunna b); s1386 ~is ad petras jaciendas (v. 2 gunna a). c comes de S. ‥ in ‥ turre pontis per parvam ~am casualem volantem interfectus est Plusc. X 30 p. 363; 1622 unum tormentum A. a gun oneratum cum quadam plumbea ~a vocata a slugg (SessPDurh) OED s. v. slug sb. 2 1. d cum ‥ persecutorum rabies ‥ catholicae fidei propugnaculum ‥ atrocis ‥ machinae [gl.: searecræftes] arietibus subrutum funditus evertere moliretur Aldh. VirgP 36 p. 282; c720 animarum nostrarum naviculae magnis miseriarum ~is ‥ quatiantur (Eangyth) Ep. Bonif. 14 p. 22; Augustinus ad ipsum ‥ regni caput ~am intendit salutis Gosc. Aug. Maj. 64B; ad expugnandam ‥ logice vetustatem et antiquorum sententias diruendas ~am [ed.: quandam argumentandi artificiosam methodum] ‥ fecit J. Sal. Met. 868D; philosophi dum ingenii sui ~as suo quodam teomachie genere in altum erexerunt Id. Pol. 638B; omnia genera ~arum quibus contra poetas solius nude veritatis amatores obiciunt duplici refelluntur umbone R. Bury Phil. 13. 178. e 1327 per parvam custumam remissam ‥ Petro machenarum ExchScot I 64 (cf. ib. 272: 1330 P. ~arum; ib. 362: 1331 P. machenarum et aliis mercatoribus; ib. 166: 1329 P. machiner; ib. 300: 1330 P. machinar; ib. 534: 1343 P. machener). 3 a structure, fabric (of building, or unspec.). b (of room, closet); c (of honeycomb). d frame, stand, support. e frame (of body). f (fig.) fabrication, invention. a machina celsa labat Aldh. VirgV 1386; machina quae hanc matrem sustinet ecclesiam Wulf. Swith. pref. 58; 10‥ ~a, weorc WW; inchoata novi templi ~a W. Malm. GR II 216; quattuor ‥ postes solo infixi totam suspendunt ~am Id. GP II 92; ruinam minatur tota ~a [gl.: enginiment, engin, le autesse] domus Neckam Ut. 109. b clauso cubiculo intus strepere ‥ ardor ‥ ceperat; jam paries proximus ardebat, jam clausa ~a deintus reluxerat Gosc. Edith 71. c [apes] multiformem favorum ~am angulosis ‥ cellulis construunt Aldh. VirgP 4 p. 232; et mel lentescens cerarum machină clausum Id. VirgV 1599. d incitega, ~a super quam amphora stat in convivio Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 292. e anima humane ~e regina Pull. Sent. 691A; vult epulas dare sera manus, sed corporis egri / perdita non reparans machina tota perit Walt. Angl. Fab. 52. 14; quarum [sc. operationum naturalium] defeccione humane ~e sequitur destruccio, et sic deficit homo Quaest. Salern. B 86. f constructores suos hec obruit ~a Gosc. Lib. Mild. 3. 4 the system of creation, the universe, the world; b (w. mundi, mundialis, or sim.); c (w. caeli or caelestis); d (w. var. genitives). kyrie, machinae / conditor trinae Anal. Hymn. XLVII 153; a984 omnipotens totius machinae conditor (Æthelwold Ch.) Conc. Syn. 121 (= CS 1190 p. 455); deitatis opem machina trina tonat Wulf. Swith. pref. 242; tota celestis edificii ~a J. Ford Serm. 33. 8; volubilis machine firmando structuras J. Howd. Cant. 57. b Deus omnipotens ‥ a quo processit praesentis machina mundi Aldh. VirgV 1679; 956 (12c) conditor rerum a quo totius mundane ~e rite gubernacula reguntur CS 964; universalis ‥ mundi ~a in duo dividitur, in etheream et elementarem regionem Sacrob. Sph. 1 p. 78; mundi ~a [Trevisa: þe schappe of þe worlde] Bart. Angl. IV 4; 1334 ut in opificis ‥ laudem tota ~a mundialis assurgat Collect. Ox. I 26. c super se ‥ ipsam caeli ~am contremescunt Bede HE I 20 (cf. Constantius V. Germani 18 p. 264: ruisse super se ‥); tu scis quid machinam celestem torqueat Walt. Wimb. Carm. 389; celsa celi ~a jam in annum 1486 ‥ volutata, in ipso estatis fervore ‥ Mir. Hen. VI I 2 p. 19. d creaturae ‥ / machina Aldh. CE 4. 11. 10; saecli ruentis machinam Anal. Hymn. LI 175; 1002 (12c) sub trifaria rerum ~a CD 1295; num tibi quadripatens oboedit machina ruris? / tene jubente poli rutilabit dextimus axis? Frith. 684. 5 a device, scheme, trick, stratagem. b (in good sense) ingenious procedure, expedient. c branch of learning, science; d ? set of rules. a sanctam ab omni magorum ~a illaesam ‥ Christi tutela protexit Aldh. VirgP 42 p. 294; secus evenit quam machina straba putabat Id. VirgV 1005; insidiarum ~as Ælnoth Cnut 46 (v. distendere 2b); doli ~am W. Malm. GP I 49 p. 90. b cum [medicus] omnes artis ~as ‥ incassum adhibuisset W. Malm. GP V 274. c a690 bisternas ‥ fisicae artis ~as [v. l. mechinas] Aldh. Ep. 5 p. 490. d de ~a mulierum: mulier abstineat se a viro tres menses [etc.] Egb. Pen. 7 tit..

māchĭna, (11) æ, f. (μηχανή), ¶ 1 machine [ouvrage composé avec art] : Lucr. 5, 97 ¶ 2 [en gén.] machine, engin : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 145 ; Pis. 43 ; Sest. 133 ; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73 ¶ 3 plate-forme [où les esclaves à vendre étaient exposés] : Q. Cic. Pet. 8 || échafaud [de maçon, peintre, etc.] : Plin. 19, 30 ¶ 4 [fig.] expédient, artifice, machination : Cic. Domo 27 ; Agr. 2, 50 ; Quint. 11, 1, 44.

māchina, ae f (Gr. leenw.)

1. machine, werktuig (om iets in beweging te zetten, op te hijsen, af te breken e.d.) [navalis scheepsmachine om schepen de zee in te trekken]; ➤ -as promovere; metaf.: omnes -as adhibere ad alqd alles in het werk stellen ten behoeve van;
2. ieder mechanisch werktuig, bv.: (a) rol; (b) hefboom; (c) windas; (d) wals;
3. machine in de oorlog = groot geschut, belegeringswerktuig (ook metaf.);
4. podium om slaven die te koop zijn te etaleren;
5. (bouw)steiger;
6. (postklass.) kooi;
7. bouwsel, structuur [mundi];
8. (metaf.) kunstgreep, list.

machina , ae. f.
架。舉物車。滑車。妙機。賣奴之市。計謀。搭架。 Mundi machina 天地之妙機。 Machinari machinam 說騙。Adhibere omnes machinas ad tenendum adolescentem 用各法留幼年者。

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. Liber Pœnitent. Gregorii III. PP. cap. 26 : Qui in Machinis dæmonibus immolaverit, secundum canonicam institutionem, 10. annos pœniteat. At aliter legitur apud Cumeanum Abbatem de Mensura pœnitentiarum cap. 7 : Qui immolat dæmonibus in minimis, uno anno pœniteat, qui in magnis, decem. Vide Sortes Sanctorum, in Sors.

māchina ae, f

, μηχανή, a machine, engine: columnae machinā appositā: Torquet lapidem machina, H.: Trahunt machinae carinas, H.—A military machine, warlike engine: oppidum machinis omnium generum expugnare, S.: in nostros fabricata muros, V.—Fig., a device, contrivance, trick, artifice, stratagem: legem tamquam machinam comparari: omnibus machinis oppugnari.

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