macies
See also: măcieș
English
Noun
macies
- (archaic, medicine) Emaciation; atrophy.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”), + -iēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈma.ki.eːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.t͡ʃi.es]
Noun
maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maciēs | maciēs |
| genitive | maciēī | maciērum |
| dative | maciēī | maciēbus |
| accusative | maciem | maciēs |
| ablative | maciē | maciēbus |
| vocative | maciēs | maciēs |
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References
- “macies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “macies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- macies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.