macies

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See also: măcieș

English

Noun

macies

  1. (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

Noun

maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension

  1. leanness, thinness, meagerness
  2. poverty

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maciēs maciēs
Genitive maciēī maciērum
Dative maciēī maciēbus
Accusative maciem maciēs
Ablative maciē maciēbus
Vocative maciēs maciēs

Derived terms

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.
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