macellus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom macer + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maˈkel.lus/, [mäˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [mäˈt͡ʃɛlːus]
Adjective
editmacellus (feminine macella, neuter macellum); first/second-declension adjective
- diminutive of macer (“lean, skinny, meager”)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | macellus | macella | macellum | macellī | macellae | macella | |
Genitive | macellī | macellae | macellī | macellōrum | macellārum | macellōrum | |
Dative | macellō | macellō | macellīs | ||||
Accusative | macellum | macellam | macellum | macellōs | macellās | macella | |
Ablative | macellō | macellā | macellō | macellīs | |||
Vocative | macelle | macella | macellum | macellī | macellae | macella |
References
edit- “macellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- macellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- macellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.