maccus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain, perhaps from Ancient Greek μῶκος (môkos, “mockery”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmak.kus/, [ˈmäkːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmak.kus/, [ˈmäkːus]
Noun[edit]
maccus m (genitive maccī); second declension
- buffoon; Punchinello or macaroni in the Atellan Farce
- (derogatory) simpleton, blockhead, fool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | maccus | maccī |
| Genitive | maccī | maccōrum |
| Dative | maccō | maccīs |
| Accusative | maccum | maccōs |
| Ablative | maccō | maccīs |
| Vocative | macce | maccī |
References[edit]
- “maccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.