maccus
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps from Ancient Greek μῶκος (môkos, “mockery”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmak.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmak.kus]
Noun
maccus m (genitive maccī); second declension
- buffoon; Punchinello or macaroni in the Atellan Farce
- (derogatory) simpleton, blockhead, fool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maccus | maccī |
| genitive | maccī | maccōrum |
| dative | maccō | maccīs |
| accusative | maccum | maccōs |
| ablative | maccō | maccīs |
| vocative | macce | maccī |
References
- “maccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.