macer

See also: mācer

English

Etymology

From Middle English macer, from Anglo-Norman macer, from mace (“mace”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)

Noun

macer (plural macers)

1. A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:

     Meires and maceres · that menes ben bitwene / Þe kynge and þe comune.

Anagrams

• Carme, McRae, crame, cream, crema, recam

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), Old English mæġer.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ker/, [ˈmäkɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃer/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃer]

Adjective

macer (feminine macra, neuter macrum, comparative macrior, superlative macrissimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	macer	macra	macrum		macrī	macrae	macra
Genitive	macrī	macrae	macrī		macrōrum	macrārum	macrōrum
Dative	macrō		macrō		macrīs
Accusative	macrum	macram	macrum		macrōs	macrās	macra
Ablative	macrō	macrā	macrō		macrīs
Vocative	macer	macra	macrum		macrī	macrae	macra

Derived terms

• macellus
• maceō
• maceries
• macerō
• macritās
• mācritūdō
• permācer

 

Related terms

• commacerātiō
• commacerō
• commācescō
• emacerātus
• ēmācescō
• ēmācrescō
• macellārius
• macellum
• macellus
• mācerātiō
• mācerescō
• māceria
• māceriātiō
• maceriātus
• māceriola
• macescō
• macriculus
• permaceō
• praemācerō
• remācrescō

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: macru
• Catalan: magre
• Dalmatian: muogro
• → English: meager, meagre
• French: maigre
• Friulian: magri
• Galician: magro
• Italian: magro

• Occitan: magre
• Portuguese: magro
• Romanian: macru
• Sicilian: magru, màuru
• Spanish: magro
• Walloon: maigue

References

• “macer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “macer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• macer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “macer”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman macer; equivalent to mace (“mace”) +‎ -er (“agentive suffix”).

Alternative forms

• macere, maceere, maser

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːsər/, /maːˈsɛːr/

Noun

macer (plural macers)

1. A macer; a mace-bearer (official)

Descendants

• English: macer
• Scots: macer

References

• “mācē̆re (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Etymology 2

From Old English *maser.

Noun

macer

1. Alternative form of maser