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.