maccus

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Ancient Greek μῶκος (môkos, “mockery”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.kus/,
(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.

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