machinamen

Latin

Etymology

From māchinor (“I invent, plot”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maː.kʰiˈnaː.men/, [mäːkʰɪˈnäːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈna.men/, [mäkiˈnäːmen]

Noun

māchināmen n (genitive māchināminis); third declension

1. contrivance, device

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	māchināmen	māchināmina
genitive	māchināminis	māchināminum
dative	māchināminī	māchināminibus
accusative	māchināmen	māchināmina
ablative	māchināmine	māchināminibus
vocative	māchināmen	māchināmina

References

• “machinamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• machinamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.