machinatio

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.