machinator

māchĭnātor, ōris, m. [machinor], 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, Ap. Apol. p. 274, 22.

māchinātor, ōris, m. (machinor), I) der Maschinenbauer, Maschinist, Ingenieur, Baumeister, tormentorum, Liv.: absol., Sen.: u. magistris et machinatoribus Severo et Celere, unter Aufsicht u. nach Angabe des S. u. C., Tac. – II) übtr., der gleichs. die Maschinen zu etw. Schlechtem in Bewegung setzt, Anstifter, Urheber, omnium architectus et machinator, Bewerkstelliger u. Anstifter, Cic.: huius belli, Liv.: auctor et mach. malorum, Lact.: scelerum inventor et malorum mach., Lact.: horum omnium scelerum improbissimus mach., Cic.

machinator [CL] , a machinist, engineer; b deviser, schemer (usu. in bad sense; freq. w. obj. gen.). a Turstinus ~or DB I 52ra; 1274 pro sustentacione ‥ vigilum et unius ~oris in ‥ castro [of Dover] morancium FineR 71 m. 4 (cf. CalFineR I 33); 1284 magistro Jacobo ~ori pro clays emptis KR Ac 351/9 m. 3 (cf. ib. m. 5: per manus magistri Jacobi ingeniatoris); 1328 Johanni de S., ~ori, pro canape emendo ad machinas de mandato regis, c s. ExchScot 98.  b ne dicerent ~ores calumniarum fantastice suscitatum fuisse Lazarum Bede Hom. II 4. 126; 947 antequam ~ores retinacula fraudulenter insidiationis muscipulam illum defraudaverint [sic] CS 820 p. 586; adolescens concertabat pro virgine jugulari, protestatus se ~orem hujus consilii Gosc. Lib. Confort. 99; cedis ‥ cruente ‥ auctor extiterat ‥ rex ‥, vicecomes autem Herefordie ‥ ~or Gir. IK I 4 p. 50; furti illius ‥ principalis auctor, ~or et protractor, excogitator et doctor ille magister erat Id. SD 96.

māchĭnātŏr, (13) ōris, m. (machinor), ¶ 1 mécanicien, inventeur ou fabricant dʼune machine : Liv. 24, 34 ; Sen. Ep. 89, 19 || architecte, ingénieur : Tac. Ann. 15, 42 ¶ 2 [fig.] machinateur, artisan de [ord^t en mauv. part] : Cic. Agr. 1, 16 ; Amer. 132 ; Cat. 3, 6 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 10.

machinator , oris. m.
出機械。制造者。

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māchinātor ōris, m

• machinor, a contriver, designer, engineer, architect: tormentorum, L.— Fig., a contriver, inventor: rerum: scelerum.