(adjective) : măcer, cra, crum, Sanscr. root mak, to crush; Gr. μάσσω, knead; μαγεύς, baker; Germ. mager
* Lean, meagre.
* Lit., of living beings (most freq. of animals): taurus, opp. pinguis,Verg. E. 3, 100: boves,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; Juv. 14, 146: turdi,Hor. S. 1, 5, 72: mustela,id. Ep. 1, 7, 33: ostreae inuberes et macrae,Gell. 20, 8; Quint. 6, 3, 58.—Of parts of the body: in macerrimis corporis partibus,Sen. Ep. 78, 8.—Humorously of a person: valeat res ludicra si me Palma negata macrum donata reducit opimum,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181: nec pharetris Veneris macer est,Juv. 6, 138.
* Of inanimate things, thin, poor, barren: solum exile et macrum, * Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 67: ager macrior,Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 2: macerrimi agri,Col. 11, 2, 7: stirpes,id. 3, 10, 3: vineae,id. 8, 1, 2: libellus,meagre, thin,Mart. 2, 6, 10: ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,Juv. 7, 29.

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