French

Verb

machina

1. third-person singular past historic of machiner

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαχανά ‎(makhaná, “machine, tool”), Doric spelling of μηχανή ‎(mēkhanḗ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.kʰi.na/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ki.na/

Noun

māchina f ‎(genitive māchinae); first declension

1. machine
2. scheme, plan, machination
3. vocative singular of māchina

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• deus ex māchinā
• māchinālis
• māchinārius

Descendants

References

• machina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• machina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MACHINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “machina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• machina in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

machina f (plural machinas)

1. Obsolete spelling of máquina (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).