machinator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māchinātor (“engineer, inventor”).

Noun

machinator (plural machinators)

1. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

Related terms

• machinate
• machination
• machinatrix

References

• “machinator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• achromatin, chromatian, marathonic

Latin

Etymology

From māchinor +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maː.kʰɪˈnaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.kiˈnaː.tor]

Noun

māchinātor m (genitive māchinātōris); third declension

1. engineer
2. inventor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	māchinātor	māchinātōrēs
genitive	māchinātōris	māchinātōrum
dative	māchinātōrī	māchinātōribus
accusative	māchinātōrem	māchinātōrēs
ablative	māchinātōre	māchinātōribus
vocative	māchinātor	māchinātōrēs

Verb

māchinātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of māchinor

References

• “machinator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “machinator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "machinator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “machinator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• machinator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016