machino

• mācinō

Verb based on māchina (“device, mill”), of Greek origin. Parallel formation to the Classical Latin verb māchinor (“plot, scheme”), but never found in a deponent form or with that sense.

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

1. (Late Latin, nonstandard) mill, grind
   • 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...

• molō (Classical equivalent)

• Adams, James Noel. 2007. The regional diversification of Latin. Cambridge University Press. 485–486.
• 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
• Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz. II. Band. Karte 254: macinare (scil. il grano) / mahlen – moudre 'macinare'