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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- măcĭes, ēi, f. [maceo], leanness, thinness, meagreness (class.). I. Lit. A. Of living beings and the parts of their bodies:
profectus est (ad bellum) Hirtius consul: at quā imbecillitate? quā macie?
Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 12; id. Agr. 2, 34, 93: hoc maciem facit
, Plin. 30, 7, 20, 60: reducere ad maciem
, id. 24, 8, 30, 46: equi macie corrupti, Caes. B. C. 3, 58: corpus macie extabuit, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: turpis macies decentes Occupet malas
, Hor. C. 3, 27, 53: tenet ora profanae Foeda situ macies, Luc. 6, 515: macies aegri veteris
, Juv. 9, 16; 15, 101.—B. Of inanim, things: macies soli
, poorness, barrenness
, Col. 1, 4, 3: lapidosa aurosi pulveris
, Pall. 1, 5, 1: jejuna corticis
, id. Mart. 10, 21; so, corticis
, Plin. 17, 27, 42, 252: seges macie deficit
, Ov. F. 1, 689.—II. Transf., of water, diminution: aquarum, e. g. at the ebb
, Sol. 23.— III. Trop., meagreness, poverty of language, Tac. Or. 21, 1.
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