machina
māchina
ae,
f
, mhxanh/, a machine,
engine: columnae machinā appositā: Torquet
lapidem machina, H.: Trahunt machinae
carinas, H.—A military machine, warlike engine: oppidum machinis omnium generum expugnare, S.: in
nostros fabricata muros, V.—Fig., a device, contrivance, trick,
artifice, stratagem: legem tamquam machinam comparari: omnibus
machinis oppugnari.