mactus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *maktos, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱtós, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”). Cognate with macer.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmak.tus/, [ˈmak.tʊs]

Adjective

mactus (feminine macta, neuter mactum); first/second declension

  1. glorified, worshiped, honored, adored

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mactus macta mactum mactī mactae macta
Genitive mactī mactae mactī mactōrum mactārum mactōrum
Dative mactō mactae mactō mactīs mactīs mactīs
Accusative mactum mactam mactum mactōs mactās macta
Ablative mactō mactā mactō mactīs mactīs mactīs
Vocative macte macta mactum mactī mactae macta

Derived terms

References
  • mactus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mactus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mactus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • mactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)
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