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Lewis Short
măcĭes (noun F) : maceo
* Leanness, thinness, meagreness (class.).
* Lit.
* 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.
* Transf., of water, diminution: aquarum, e. g. at the ebb,Sol. 23.— *
* Trop., meagreness, poverty of language, Tac. Or. 21, 1.
* Leanness, thinness, meagreness (class.).
* Lit.
* 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.
* Transf., of water, diminution: aquarum, e. g. at the ebb,Sol. 23.— *
* Trop., meagreness, poverty of language, Tac. Or. 21, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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