maceo

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Latin

Etymology

Stative verb from *meh₂ḱ- (to increase), the same root as the adjective macer (lean, meager).

Pronunciation

Verb

maceō (present infinitive macēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to be lean or meagre

Conjugation

   Conjugation of maceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present maceō macēs macet macēmus macētis macent
imperfect macēbam macēbās macēbat macēbāmus macēbātis macēbant
future macēbō macēbis macēbit macēbimus macēbitis macēbunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present maceam maceās maceat maceāmus maceātis maceant
imperfect macērem macērēs macēret macērēmus macērētis macērent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present macē macēte
future macētō macētō macētōte macentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives macēre
participles macēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
macendī macendō macendum macendō

Derived terms

References

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