machinamen

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maː.kʰiˈnaː.men/, [mäːkʰɪˈnäːmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈna.men/, [mäkiˈnäːmen]

Noun

māchināmen n (genitive māchināminis); third declension

contrivance, device

Declension

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

Case	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.

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