machino

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Latin

Etymology

From māchina (“device, mill”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). Parallel formation to the Classical Latin verb māchinor (“plot, scheme”), but never found in a deponent form or with that sense. First attested in the 6th century CE.

Verb

māchinō (present infinitive māchināre, perfect active māchināvī, supine māchinātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. (nonstandard) to mill, grind
    Synonym: molō (Classical)
    • 6th–7th c. CE, Ravenna, Translation of Rufus' De Podagra :
      ...et orobu id est heruum muccinatum et tricoscinatum...
      ...and orobos, that is eruum , ground and sieved...
    • 6th c. CE, Ravenna, Translation of Oribasius' Synopsis :
      Oportet autem antequam macenetur fricare leviter apud lenteum.
      But before it is ground up it should be gently rubbed with a cloth.
    • 6th c. CE, Itinerarium Antonini Placentini :
      asellum qui illis macinabat
      ...the donkey, which was turning the millstone for them...

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