mactans

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of mactō (reward, sacrifice)

Participle

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mactāns (genitive mactantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. rewarding, honoring.
  2. punishing, troubling.
  3. slaughtering, killing.
  4. offering, sacrificing, immolating.

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mactāns mactantēs mactantia
Genitive mactantis mactantium
Dative mactantī mactantibus
Accusative mactantem mactāns mactantēs
mactantīs
mactantia
Ablative mactante
mactantī1
mactantibus
Vocative mactāns mactantēs mactantia

1When used purely as an adjective.