mactans

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of mactō (“reward, sacrifice”)

Participle

mactāns (genitive mactantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. rewarding, honoring.
  2. punishing, troubling.
  3. slaughtering, killing.
  4. offering, sacrificing, immolating.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mactāns mactantēs mactantia
Genitive mactantis mactantium
Dative mactantī mactantibus
Accusative mactantem mactāns mactantēs
mactantīs 		mactantia
Ablative mactante
mactantī1 		mactantibus
Vocative mactāns mactantēs mactantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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