maceo

Latin

Etymology

Stative verb from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ke.oː/, [ˈmäkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

maceō (present infinitive macēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. I am lean or meagre

Conjugation

Conjugation of maceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	maceō	macēs	macet	macēmus	macētis	macent
	imperfect	macēbam	macēbās	macēbat	macēbāmus	macēbātis	macēbant
	future	macēbō	macēbis	macēbit	macēbimus	macēbitis	macēbunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	maceam	maceās	maceat	maceāmus	maceātis	maceant
	imperfect	macērem	macērēs	macēret	macērēmus	macērētis	macērent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	macē	—	—	macēte	—
	future	—	macētō	macētō	—	macētōte	macentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		macēre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		macēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		macendī	macendō	macendum	macendō	—	—

Derived terms

• macēscō

Related terms

• macer

References

• “maceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.