mactus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *maktos, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱtós, from *meh₂ḱ- (to increase). Cognate with macer.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mactus (feminine macta, neuter mactum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. glorified, worshiped, honored, adored

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mactus macta mactum mactī mactae macta
Genitive mactī mactae mactī mactōrum mactārum mactōrum
Dative mactō mactō mactīs
Accusative mactum mactam mactum mactōs mactās macta
Ablative mactō mactā mactō mactīs
Vocative macte macta mactum mactī mactae macta

Derived terms

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References

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  • mactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mactus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)