machino
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Verb
māchinō (present infinitive māchināre, perfect active māchināvī, supine māchinātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin, nonstandard) mill, grind
- 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.
- Oportet autem antequam macenetur fricare leviter apud lenteum.
- 6th c. CE, Itinerarium Antonini Placentini :
- asellum qui illis macinabat
- ...the donkey, which was turning the millstone for them...
- asellum qui illis macinabat
Synonyms
- molō (Classical equivalent)
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: macinare
- →? Ligurian: maxinâ
- →? Piedmontese: maciné
- Neapolitan: macenà
- Sicilian: macinari
- Italian: macinare
- Padanian:
- Emilian: masnar, masnèr
- Friulian: masanâ
- Lombard: masnar
- Romansch: masnar, masner
- Venetian: maxenar, masnar
- Ibero-Romance:
- Spanish: maznar
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: machinare, maghinare, marghinare
References
- 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'
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