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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of mactō (“reward, sacrifice”).
Participle
mactātus (feminine mactāta, neuter mactātum); first/second-declension participle
- rewarded, honored, having been rewarded.
- punished, troubled, having been punished.
- slaughtered, killed, having been slaughtered.
- offered, sacrificed, immolated, having been sacrificed.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “mactatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mactatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.