macritas

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Latin

Etymology

From macer +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

macritās f (genitive macritātis); third declension

  1. leanness, poorness, thinness
    • Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura 2.4

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative macritās macritātēs
Genitive macritātis macritātum
Dative macritātī macritātibus
Accusative macritātem macritātēs
Ablative macritāte macritātibus
Vocative macritās macritātēs

References

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