māchinātiō ōnis, f
machinor,
a contrivance, mechanism, mechanical artifice
: machinatione quadam moveri aliquid.—
A machine, engine
: tantae altitudinis machinationes, Cs.:
navalis, Cs.: tale
machinationis genus, L.—Fig.,
a trick, device, contrivance
: (iudex) tamquam machinatione aliquā
contorquendus.