contrive Copy link Outline 1. commĭniscor, commentus, 3 (to devise, invent, make up)2. excōgĭto, 1 (to think out)3. struo, xi, ctum, 3 (always in a bad sense)4. māchĭnor, 1 (with ingenuity)5. invĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4 (to find out)6. mōlior, 4 (implying effort) • contrive: 1. commĭniscor, commentus, 3 (to devise, invent, make up): to c. a lie, mendacium c., Pl.: to c. a crime, scelus c., Quint. 2. excōgĭto, 1 (to think out): to make or c. something worthy of a gift of the Gods, aliquid dignum dono deorum aut efficere aut ex., Cic.: v. to invent. 3. struo, xi, ctum, 3 (always in a bad sense): to c. snares for any one., insidias alicui s., Liv.: to c. any one's death, mortem alicui s., Tac. 4. māchĭnor, 1 (with ingenuity): musicians have c.d these two things for pleasure, rhythm and song, haec duo musici machinati ad voluptatem sunt, versum atque cantum, Cic.: Lucr. Esp. in bad sense, to c. death for any one, necem alicui m., Liv. 5. invĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4 (to find out): I lately c.d a certain trick, inveni quandam nuper fallaciam, Ter.: he could not c. how to support his unfounded accusation, ille quomodo crimen commenticium confirmaret non inveniebat, Cic. 6. mōlior, 4 (implying effort): to plot and c. some calamity for some one, struere et m. aliquid calamitatis alicui, Cic. Phr.: to c. secret schemes, consilia secreta coquere, Liv.: in general, to c. a plan may be expr. by consilium, rationem inire: Cic. (v. plan): to c. deceit, dolum nectere, Liv.: to c. that something may come to pass, facere, efficere ut aliquid fiat, Cic.