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Latin
Etymology
From māchinor (“to devise, invent”) + -mentum.
Noun
māchināmentum n (genitive māchināmentī); second declension
- machine, engine
- siege engine
- machination
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “machinamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “machinamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- machinamentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- machinamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- machinamentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016