macies

See also: măcieș

English

Noun

macies

(archaic, medicine) Emaciation; atrophy.

Anagrams

amices, asemic, camise

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”), +‎ -iēs.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ki.eːs/, [ˈmäkieːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃi.es/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃies]

Noun

maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension

leanness, thinness, meagerness
poverty

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maciēs	maciēs
Genitive	maciēī	maciērum
Dative	maciēī	maciēbus
Accusative	maciem	maciēs
Ablative	maciē	maciēbus
Vocative	maciēs	maciēs

Derived terms

Related terms

References

“macies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“macies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
macies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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