maccis

Latin

Noun

maccis f (genitive maccidis); third declension (hapax)

1. a bogus spice
   • c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 830–832:

     nam egó cocilendrum quando in patinas indidi
     aut cepolendrum aut maccidem aut secaptidem,
     eaepse sese [patinae] fervefaciunt ilico.

     For when I’ve put cocilendrum into the skillets
     or cepolendrum or maccis or secaptis,
     these skillets become hot in an instant.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maccis	maccidēs
Genitive	maccidis	maccidum
Dative	maccidī	maccidibus
Accusative	maccidem	maccidēs
Ablative	maccide	maccidibus
Vocative	maccis	maccidēs

Noun

(deprecated template usage) maccīs

1. dative plural of maccus
2. ablative plural of maccus

References

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