macer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪsə(r)

Noun

macer (plural macers)

1. A mace bearer; an officer of a court.

Anagrams

• crame, cream, crema

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Latin

Adjective

macer m (feminine macra, neuter macrum); first/second declension

1. (of living things) lean, meager
2. (of inanimate things) thin, poor

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	macer	macra	macrum		macrī	macrae	macra
genitive	macrī	macrae	macrī		macrōrum	macrārum	macrōrum
dative	macrō	macrae	macrō		macrīs	macrīs	macrīs
accusative	macrum	macram	macrum		macrōs	macrās	macra
ablative	macrō	macrā	macrō		macrīs	macrīs	macrīs
vocative	macer	macra	macrum		macrī	macrae	macra

• comparative: macrior, superlative: macrissimus

Descendants

Aromanian: macru English: meager, meagre French: maigre Friulian: magri Italian: magro

Occitan: magre Portuguese: magro Romanian: macru Spanish: magro

References

• macer in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879