machino

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Latin

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Etymology

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From māchina (device, mill) +‎ (verb-forming suffix). Parallel formation to the Classical Latin verb māchinor (plot, scheme), but never found in a deponent form or with that sense. First attested in the 6th century CE.

Verb

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māchinō (present infinitive māchināre, perfect active māchināvī, supine māchinātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. (nonstandard) to mill, grind
    Synonym: molō (Classical)
    • 6th–7th c. CE, Ravenna, Translation of Rufus' De Podagra :
      ...et orobu id est heruum muccinatum [sic] et tricoscinatum...
      ...and orobos, that is eruum [cultivated vetch], ground and sieved...
    • 6th c. CE, Ravenna, Translation of Oribasius' Synopsis :
      Oportet autem antequam macenetur fricare leviter apud lenteum.
      But before it is ground up it should be gently rubbed with a cloth.
    • 6th c. CE, Itinerarium Antonini Placentini :
      asellum qui illis macinabat
      ...the donkey, which was turning the millstone for them...

Descendants

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References

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  • Adams, J. N. (2007) The regional diversification of Latin, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 485–486
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 254: “machinare (scil. il grano)” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • macinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “machinare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 376