macero
See also: maceró and macerò
Catalan
Verb
macero
- first-person singular present indicative form of macerar
Ido
Noun
macero (plural maceri)
- maceration, digestion
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃe.ro/
- Rhymes: -atʃero
- Hyphenation: mà‧ce‧ro
Etymology 1
Endingless past participle of macerare.
Adjective
macero (feminine macera, masculine plural maceri, feminine plural macere)
- soaked, steeped, macerated
- beaten, bruised
Etymology 2
Deverbal from macerare + -o.
Noun
macero m (plural maceri)
- maceration
- pulping (of old books, etc.)
- carta da macero (figurative, pejorative) ― pulp (book or magazine)
- vessel used for macerating
- Synonym: maceratoio
Verb
macero
- first-person singular present indicative of macerare
Anagrams
- Morace, acrome, camero, camerò, com'era, comare, corame, racemo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱeseh₂ti, from *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “knead”), Lithuanian makonė, Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), Russian мочи́ть (močítʹ, “to wet”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.ke.roː/, [ˈmäːkɛroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃe.ro/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃero]
Verb
mācerō (present infinitive mācerāre, perfect active mācerāvī, supine mācerātum); first conjugation
- I soften, make tender by soaking or steeping
- I weaken, waste away
- (figuratively) I vex, torment, distress
- (Medieval Latin) I mortify (discipline, chastise, or subject to severe privation for the atonement of sins)
- (Medieval Latin) I torture
Conjugation
| Conjugation of mācerō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mācerō | mācerās | mācerat | mācerāmus | mācerātis | mācerant |
| imperfect | mācerābam | mācerābās | mācerābat | mācerābāmus | mācerābātis | mācerābant | |
| future | mācerābō | mācerābis | mācerābit | mācerābimus | mācerābitis | mācerābunt | |
| perfect | mācerāvī | mācerāvistī | mācerāvit | mācerāvimus | mācerāvistis | mācerāvērunt, mācerāvēre | |
| pluperfect | mācerāveram | mācerāverās | mācerāverat | mācerāverāmus | mācerāverātis | mācerāverant | |
| future perfect | mācerāverō | mācerāveris | mācerāverit | mācerāverimus | mācerāveritis | mācerāverint | |
| passive | present | māceror | mācerāris, mācerāre | mācerātur | mācerāmur | mācerāminī | mācerantur |
| imperfect | mācerābar | mācerābāris, mācerābāre | mācerābātur | mācerābāmur | mācerābāminī | mācerābantur | |
| future | mācerābor | mācerāberis, mācerābere | mācerābitur | mācerābimur | mācerābiminī | mācerābuntur | |
| perfect | mācerātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | mācerātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | mācerātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mācerem | mācerēs | māceret | mācerēmus | mācerētis | mācerent |
| imperfect | mācerārem | mācerārēs | mācerāret | mācerārēmus | mācerārētis | mācerārent | |
| perfect | mācerāverim | mācerāverīs | mācerāverit | mācerāverīmus | mācerāverītis | mācerāverint | |
| pluperfect | mācerāvissem | mācerāvissēs | mācerāvisset | mācerāvissēmus | mācerāvissētis | mācerāvissent | |
| passive | present | mācerer | mācerēris, mācerēre | mācerētur | mācerēmur | mācerēminī | mācerentur |
| imperfect | mācerārer | mācerārēris, mācerārēre | mācerārētur | mācerārēmur | mācerārēminī | mācerārentur | |
| perfect | mācerātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | mācerātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | mācerā | — | — | mācerāte | — |
| future | — | mācerātō | mācerātō | — | mācerātōte | mācerantō | |
| passive | present | — | mācerāre | — | — | mācerāminī | — |
| future | — | mācerātor | mācerātor | — | — | mācerantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | mācerāre | mācerāvisse | mācerātūrum esse | mācerārī | mācerātum esse | mācerātum īrī | |
| participles | mācerāns | — | mācerātūrus | — | mācerātus | mācerandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| mācerandī | mācerandō | mācerandum | mācerandō | mācerātum | mācerātū | ||
Derived terms
- mācerātiō
- mācerēscō
- māceria
- māceriola
- māceriātus
- māceriātiō
Descendants
Inherited:
- Catalan: maurar
- Old French: mairier
- Middle French: mairer
- French: mairer (regional, rare)
- Middle French: mairer
- Italian: macerare
- Old Portuguese: macerar
- Galician: macerar
- Portuguese: macerar
Borrowed:
- → Catalan: macerar
- → English: macerate
- → Franco-Provençal: macèrar
- → French: macérer
- → Occitan: macerar
- → Spanish: macerar
References
- “mācĕro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “macero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mācĕro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 934/1
- “mācerō” on page 1,057/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “macerare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 623/2
Portuguese
Verb
macero
- first-person singular present indicative of macerar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /maˈθeɾo/ [maˈθe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /maˈseɾo/ [maˈse.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ma‧ce‧ro
Etymology 1
maza + -ero
Noun
macero m (plural maceros, feminine macera, feminine plural maceras)
- mace-bearer
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
macero
- first-person singular present indicative of macerar
Further reading
- “macero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014