macies

English

Noun

macies

1. (archaic, medicine) Emaciation; atrophy.

Anagrams

• amices, asemic, camise

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”), +‎ -iēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ki.eːs/, [ˈmäkieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃi.es/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃies]

Noun

maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension

1. leanness, thinness, meagerness
2. poverty

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maciēs	maciēs
Genitive	maciēī	maciērum
Dative	maciēī	maciēbus
Accusative	maciem	maciēs
Ablative	maciē	maciēbus
Vocative	maciēs	maciēs

Derived terms

• maciō
• macilentus
• ēmaciō

Related terms

• maceō
• macer
• macēscō
• macor
• macritās
• macritūdō

 

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.