macies
English
Noun
macies (plurale tantum)
- (archaic, medicine) Emaciation; atrophy.
Anagrams
- amices, asemic, camise
Latin
Etymology
From macer (“meager or poor”) + -iēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ki.eːs/
Noun
maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension
- leanness, thinness, meagerness
- poverty
Inflection
Fifth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | maciēs | maciēs |
| Genitive | maciēī | maciērum |
| Dative | maciēī | maciēbus |
| Accusative | maciem | maciēs |
| Ablative | maciē | maciēbus |
| Vocative | maciēs | maciēs |
Derived terms
- macilentus
References
- macies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- macies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- macies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette