macte

See also: MACTE

Latin

Etymology

Normally the vocative masculine singular form of mactus, the adjective became frozen and a quasi-interjection.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.te/, [ˈmäkt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.te/, [ˈmäkt̪e]

Adjective

macte

1. vocative masculine singular of mactus

Adjective

macte (indeclinable)

1. (addressed to deities, macte estō with abl.) be blessed (with)
2. (addressed to people, macte virtūte (estō)) be blessed for your courage, well done
3. (macte (estō) with abl. or rarely gen. or acc.) be blessed (for), hurray (for)
4. (quasi-interjection) bravo, well done

References

• “macte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “macte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• macte in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• macte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)