machinalis

Latin

Etymology

From māchina (“scaffolding, engine”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maː.kʰiˈnaː.lis/, [mäːkʰɪˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈna.lis/, [mäkiˈnäːlis]

Adjective

māchinālis (neuter māchināle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to machines

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	māchinālis	māchināle		māchinālēs	māchinālia
Genitive	māchinālis			māchinālium
Dative	māchinālī			māchinālibus
Accusative	māchinālem	māchināle		māchinālēs māchinālīs	māchinālia
Ablative	māchinālī			māchinālibus
Vocative	māchinālis	māchināle		māchinālēs	māchinālia

Synonyms

• māchinārius

Related terms

• māchina
• māchināmen
• māchināmentum
• māchinārius
• māchinātiō
• māchinātor
• māchinātrix
• māchinātus
• māchinor
• māchinōsus
• māchinula

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Mozarabic:
    • → Andalusian Arabic: mağinar
      • → Spanish: mechinal (“putlog hole”)
• Learned borrowings:
  • → Catalan: maquinal
  • → Galician: maquinal
  • → Italian: macchinale
  • → Portuguese: maquinal
  • → Spanish: maquinal

References

• “machinalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• machinalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.