machina

Definitiones

1. contrivance
   declension-1
2. war machine, military engine, siege engine
   declension-1
3. scaffold
   declension-1
4. platform
   declension-1
5. scheme, plan, machination
   declension-1
6. mill
   declension-1

Aequivalentia

Exempla

““Aut hōc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī, aut haec in nostrōs fabricāta est māchina mūrōs, īnspectūra domōs ventūraque dēsuper urbī, aut aliquis latet error ….” “Either the Grecian [warriors], having enclosed [themselves] in this wood[en horse], are hiding [there], or else they have built a [war] machine [for⟳ use] against our walls, to watch [our] homes and reach [our] city from above, or it conceals some other deception ….” – Laocoön”

(See: Roman siege engines.)

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