māchĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [machina], of or belonging to machines, machine- (postclass.).
I Adj. : mola, which is worked by an animal by means of a machine , Ap. Met. 7, 15, 13; asinus, Dig. 33, 7, 12: mensor, a surveyor , ib. 11, 6, 7: commentator, a machinist, machine-builder , Sol. 5.—
II Subst.: māchĭnārĭus , ii, m., one who works on a scaffold , Dig. 9, 2, 31.