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English
Etymology
From Latin macrocollum.
Noun
macrocollum (uncountable)
- (historical) A variety of paper in Ancient Rome, measuring a foot and a half in width.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μακρόκωλον (makrókōlon), from μακρός (makrós).
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Pronunciation
Noun
macrocollum n (genitive macrocollī); second declension
- large-sized paper, royal paper
68 BCE – 44 BCE,
Cicero,
Epistulae ad Atticum 13.25.3:
- Sed tamen ego non despero probatum iri Varroni, et id, quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocolla, facile patior teneri.
- However, I don't despair of winning Varro's approval; and, as I have gone to the expense of a large paper copy, I should like to stick to my plan.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “macrocollum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “macrocollum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers